Historical Events In 1857

Jan 02   Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn in the year 1857.   

Jan 06   On this day in history patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania   

Jan 08   On this day in history dion Boucicauly's "Poor of NY," premieres in NYC   

Jan 09   7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon CA on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon Calif   

Jan 09   Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) in the year 1857.   

Jan 11   In the year 1857 fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)   

Jan 15   1st first-class game in Sydney, NSW v Vic at The Domain on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1857 the first first-class game in Sydney, New South Wales vs Victoria at The Domain   

Jan 17   In the year 1857 eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)   

Jan 18   Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I) in the year 1857.   

Jan 20   Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1857.   

Jan 22   On this day in history national Association of Baseball Players founded, NY   

Jan 23   In the year 1857 andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity)   

Jan 24   The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first full-fledged university in south Asia on this day in history.   

Jan 27   On this day in history dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72   

Feb 01   Influenza in Europe, North America, South America in the year 1857.   

Feb 01   Smallpox in Victoria, Australia on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Yellow fever in Portugal on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1857 félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65   

Feb 09   Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education in the year 1857.   

Feb 12   On this day in history bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)   

Feb 14   On this day in history johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56   

Feb 15   Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77   

Feb 16   In the year 1857 gallaudet College (Natl Deaf Mute college) forms (Wash DC)   

Feb 17   Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher on this day in history.   

Feb 18   In the year 1857 insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo   

Feb 18   Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor on this day in history.   

Feb 21   In the year 1857 congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US   

Feb 21   Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   On this day in history uS issues flying eagle cents   

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Jan 02   Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1857 birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)   

Jan 06   Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 06   William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 09   Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)   

Jan 17   In the year 1857 birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)   

Jan 17   Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 20   Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1857.   

Jan 27   Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1857 félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65   

Feb 09   Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) died in the year 1857.   

Feb 10   On this day in history death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)   

Feb 14   Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 in the year 1857.   

Feb 15   Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies in the year 1857.   

Feb 16   Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 on this day in history.