Historical Events In 1859

Jan 05   In the year 1859 1st steamboat sails, Red River   

Jan 05   In the year 1859 deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)   

Jan 05   The first steamboat sails, Red River on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1859 antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50   

Jan 09   In the year 1859 carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader   

Jan 11   [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) in the year 1859.   

Jan 13   On this day in history karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)   

Jan 19   Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif) on this day in history.   

Jan 20   B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover   

Jan 24   In the year 1859 alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer   

Jan 24   In the year 1859 political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler.   

Jan 27   In the year 1859 carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74   

Jan 27   On this day in history wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918)   

Feb 01   In the year 1859 victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland)   

Feb 02   Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex) in the year 1859.   

Feb 04   In the year 1859 the Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.   

Feb 05   In the year 1859 wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities.   

Feb 06   On this day in history johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45   

Feb 08   John H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop) on this day in history.   

Feb 10   On this day in history gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny   

Feb 10   General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny on this day in history.   

Feb 13   On this day in history frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist   

Feb 14   George Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel) in the year 1859.   

Feb 14   Oregon admitted as 33rd state in the year 1859.   

Feb 14   On this day in history oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union.   

Feb 16   In the year 1859 the French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch.   

Feb 17   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli in the year 1859.   

Feb 18   In the year 1859 sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof)   

Feb 19   On this day in history dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used   

Feb 19   Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   In the year 1859 birth of deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)   

Jan 09   In the year 1859 birth of carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters)   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries)   

Jan 11   [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943)   

Jan 08   In the year 1859 antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50   

Jan 20   On this day in history b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73   

Jan 27   In the year 1859 carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74   

Jan 28   Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) died in the year 1859.   

Feb 06   On this day in history johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45   

Feb 23   On this day in history death of zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)   

Feb 26   On this day in history ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64   

Mar 01   In the year 1859 josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61