Page 2: Historical Events In 1857

Feb 22   Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves in the year 1857.   

Feb 22   On this day in history the birth of Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the Boy Scout movement   

Feb 24   1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to govt on this day in history.   

Feb 24   On this day in history first perforated US postage stamps delivered to the government   

Feb 24   Los Angeles Vineyard Society organized in the year 1857.   

Feb 26   Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion) in the year 1857.   

Feb 26   Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88 in the year 1857.   

Feb 28   In the year 1857 gustave Adolph Kerker, composer   

Mar 03   Alfred Bruneau, composer in the year 1857.   

Mar 03   In the year 1857 second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.   

Mar 06   In the year 1857 dred Scott Decision Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens   

Mar 06   Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens on this day in history.   

Mar 06   The US Supreme Court rules that slave Dred Scott cannot sue for his freedom in federal court in the year 1857.   

Mar 07   In the year 1857 baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs   

Mar 07   Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) in the year 1857.   

Mar 11   In the year 1857 manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84   

Mar 12   A Great Western Railway train breaks an axle while crossing a swing bridge and plunges into the Desjardins Canal near Hamilton. 59 people are killed in the year 1857.   

Mar 12   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice on this day in history.   

Mar 17   In the year 1857 adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42   

Mar 21   Abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64 in the year 1857.   

Mar 21   Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die in the year 1857.   

Mar 22   In the year 1857 arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse)   

Mar 23   In the year 1857 elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC)   

Mar 23   Elisha Otis' first elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC) on this day in history.   

Mar 23   On this day in history fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)   

Mar 25   In the year 1857 frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse   

Mar 25   On this day in history frederick Laggenheim takes first photo of a solar eclipse   

Mar 27   In the year 1857 karl Pearson, London England, mathematician   

Apr 01   In the year 1857 herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man.   

Apr 05   Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) on this day in history.   

Apr 10   In the year 1857 henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker   

Apr 12   On this day in history gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published   

Apr 14   Edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver) on this day in history.   

Apr 15   N R Pogson discovers asteroid #43 Ariadne in the year 1857.   

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Jan 02   Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of william E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)   

Jan 09   Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 17   Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)   

Jan 20   In the year 1857 edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32   

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

Feb 07   Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Feb 09   Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) died on this day in history.   

Feb 10   David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) died in the year 1857.   

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

Feb 15   In the year 1857 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies   

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