Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1859
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Apr 18 On this day in history eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren) 
Apr 18 On this day in history montreal Canadiens wins their 4th straight NHL Stanley Cup
Apr 25 On this day in history ground broken for Suez Canal
Apr 25 In the year 1859 work begins on the Suez Canal, Egypt
Apr 27 "Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard on this day in history.
Apr 27 On this day in history "S.S. Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard
Apr 30 Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is first published in literary periodical All the Year Round, continues in weekly installments until Nov 26 in the year 1859.
Apr 30 In the year 1859 paul Morphy returns from 10-mo chess tour of Europe, retires
Apr 30 Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67 in the year 1859.
May 01 Bohuslav Jeremias, composer on this day in history.
May 02 In the year 1859 eugene D'Harcourt, composer
May 03 Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy) in the year 1859.
May 04 On this day in history the Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England.
May 04 The Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Western Canada and La Banque Nationale incorporated in the year 1859.
May 05 Peter G L Dirichlet, German mathematician, dies at 53 in the year 1859.
May 06 Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies in the year 1859.
May 06 Luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist on this day in history.
May 10 Johan BJFS, archduke of Austria (Firechief & Housewife), dies on this day in history.
May 13 Eugust Enna, composer in the year 1859.
May 15 On this day in history pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903)
May 15 In the year 1859 the birth of Pierre Curie, French physicist
May 17 Australian Rules Football first 'laws of the game' published on this day in history.
May 19 In the year 1859 nellie Melba, [Heal Mitchell], Australian soprano (Peach Melba)
May 22 Arthur Conan Doyle, UK, author brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice in the year 1859.
May 22 Ferdinand II, [Re Bomba], Dutch King of Sicily, dies at 49 on this day in history.
May 26 Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life) on this day in history.
May 30 On this day in history pierre Marie Felix Janet, France, psychologist/neurologist
May 31 In the year 1859 phila A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later
Jun 06 Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day) in the year 1859.
Jun 10 Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris, Wood Song) in the year 1859.
Jun 11 Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada on this day in history.
Jun 12 On this day in history comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered
Jun 15 In the year 1859 pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between U.S. and British/Canadian settlers.
Jun 18 In the year 1859 joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65
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