Historical Events In 1857

Jun 26   In the year 1857 62 receive Victoria Cross   

Jun 26   On this day in history off Cap Rouge Quebec, the Steamer Montreal catches fire and sinks in 15 minutes in the St. Lawrence; left Quebec City at 5 pm a day earlier; 253 lives lost, mostly Scottish immigrants on their way to the west.   

Jun 27   H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #45 Eugenia on this day in history.   

Jun 28   Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Jun 29   In the year 1857 battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British)   

Jul 01   In the year 1857 roger Connor, 1st baseman (NY Giants)   

Jul 02   Francesco Spetrino, composer in the year 1857.   

Jul 05   Clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist on this day in history.   

Jul 08   Rudolf Dellinger, composer in the year 1857.   

Jul 09   In the year 1857 frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18)   

Jul 11   On this day in history alfred Binet, French child psychologist   

Jul 14   Maytag, inventor (washing machine) in the year 1857.   

Jul 15   In the year 1857 carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66   

Jul 16   Pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies on this day in history.   

Jul 16   On this day in history sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore   

Jul 18   Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French on this day in history.   

Jul 21   On this day in history a S C Wallis, [Adele SC von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer   

Jul 23   French [M J Francois] Erens, lawyer/literary (Pursue Years) on this day in history.   

Jul 24   Henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917) on this day in history.   

Jul 25   Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1857.   

Jul 27   Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator in the year 1857.   

Jul 29   Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54 in the year 1857.   

Jul 30   Thorstein Veblen, US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899) on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history charles Turner, engraver, dies   

Aug 08   On this day in history cecile Chaminade, composer   

Aug 10   On this day in history john Wilson Croker, politician   

Aug 12   William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies in the year 1857.   

Aug 21   On this day in history first book published by an Australian female author Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson.   

Aug 21   In the year 1857 first book published by an Australian female author: Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson.   

Aug 21   In the year 1857 in one of Australia's worst maritime disasters, 121 people drown when the Dunbar sinks off Sydney Heads;   

Aug 24   On this day in history the Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history.   

Aug 24   Thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia in the year 1857.   

Sep 03   M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Sep 10   In the year 1857 james E Keeler, US, astronomer (rings of Saturn)   

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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   Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1857 birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)   

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   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   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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