Historical Events In 1859

Jan 05   On this day in history 1st steamboat sails, Red River   

Jan 05   DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1859 the first steamboat sails, Red River   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50   

Jan 09   On this day in history carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader   

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

Jan 13   Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1859.   

Jan 21   On this day in history antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer   

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   On this day in history political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler.   

Jan 27   Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 in the year 1859.   

Jan 27   In the year 1859 wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918)   

Feb 01   Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland) on this day in history.   

Feb 02   In the year 1859 havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)   

Feb 04   The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt on this day in history.   

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

Feb 06   Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1859.   

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

Feb 10   Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny in the year 1859.   

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

Feb 13   Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist on this day in history.   

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

Feb 14   Oregon admitted as 33rd state on this day in history.   

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

Feb 16   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   On this day in history sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof)   

Feb 19   In the year 1859 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 in the year 1859.   

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

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)   

Jan 06   Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) was born in the year 1859.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1859 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 in the year 1859.   

Jan 13   In the year 1859 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   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 in the year 1859.   

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

Jan 27   On this day in history carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74   

Jan 28   On this day in history death of frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)   

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

Feb 23   Zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) died on this day in history.   

Feb 26   In the year 1859 ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64   

Mar 01   On this day in history josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61