Page 2: Historical Events In 1857

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

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 in the year 1857.   

Feb 24   First perforated US postage stamps delivered to the government on this day in history.   

Feb 24   In the year 1857 los Angeles Vineyard Society organized   

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

Feb 26   On this day in history ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88   

Feb 28   In the year 1857 gustave Adolph Kerker, composer   

Mar 03   In the year 1857 alfred Bruneau, composer   

Mar 03   Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 06   In the year 1857 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   In the year 1857 julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927)   

Mar 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1857.   

Mar 17   Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1857.   

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   Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse) in the year 1857.   

Mar 23   On this day in history elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC)   

Mar 23   Elisha Otis' first elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC) in the year 1857.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Apr 01   Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man in the year 1857.   

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

Apr 10   On this day in history henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker   

Apr 12   In the year 1857 gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published   

Apr 14   Edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver) in the year 1857.   

Apr 15   In the year 1857 n R Pogson discovers asteroid #43 Ariadne   

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Jan 02   In the year 1857 birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)   

Jan 11   Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)   

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

Jan 20   On this day in history edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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