Page 4: Historical Events In 1857

Jun 26   In the year 1857 62 receive Victoria Cross   

Jun 26   In the year 1857 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   In the year 1857 h Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #45 Eugenia   

Jun 28   In the year 1857 joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53   

Jun 29   On this day in history battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British)   

Jul 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18)   

Jul 11   Alfred Binet, French child psychologist on this day in history.   

Jul 14   Maytag, inventor (washing machine) on this day in history.   

Jul 15   Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66 in the year 1857.   

Jul 16   Pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies in the year 1857.   

Jul 16   Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore in the year 1857.   

Jul 18   In the year 1857 louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.   

Jul 21   In the year 1857 a S C Wallis, [Adele SC von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer   

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

Jul 24   On this day in history henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917)   

Jul 25   On this day in history joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54   

Jul 27   On this day in history ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator   

Jul 29   On this day in history charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54   

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   John Wilson Croker, politician in the year 1857.   

Aug 12   In the year 1857 william Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies   

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

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

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

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

Aug 24   On this day in history thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia   

Sep 03   In the year 1857 m Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77   

Sep 10   On this day in history james E Keeler, US, astronomer (rings of Saturn)   

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

Jan 02   Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 06   Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1857.   

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   Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 in the year 1857.   

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   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   On this day in history mikhail Glinka, composer, dies   

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