Page 2: Historical Events In 1857

Feb 22   Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves on this day in history.   

Feb 22   In the year 1857 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   First perforated US postage stamps delivered to the government in the year 1857.   

Feb 24   Los Angeles Vineyard Society organized on this day in history.   

Feb 26   In the year 1857 emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)   

Feb 26   Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

Feb 28   Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer in the year 1857.   

Mar 03   On this day in history alfred Bruneau, composer   

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

Mar 06   Dred Scott Decision Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens in the year 1857.   

Mar 06   On this day in history dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens   

Mar 06   On this day in history the US Supreme Court rules that slave Dred Scott cannot sue for his freedom in federal court.   

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   In the year 1857 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice   

Mar 17   Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Mar 21   On this day in history abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64   

Mar 21   Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1857 elisha Otis' first elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC)   

Mar 23   Fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company) on this day in history.   

Mar 25   Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse in the year 1857.   

Mar 25   Frederick Laggenheim takes first photo of a solar eclipse on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Karl Pearson, London England, mathematician in the year 1857.   

Apr 01   Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man on this day in history.   

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

Apr 10   Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker in the year 1857.   

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

Apr 14   In the year 1857 edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)   

Apr 15   N R Pogson discovers asteroid #43 Ariadne on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1857 birth of william E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)   

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   On this day in history birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)   

Jan 17   Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 27   In the year 1857 dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72   

Feb 07   On this day in history félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65   

Feb 09   On this day in history death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)   

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

Feb 14   In the year 1857 johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56   

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

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