Page 6: Historical Events In 1859

Oct 20   In the year 1859 g B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England)   

Oct 22   In the year 1859 louis (Ludwig) Spohr, composer (Faust), dies at 75   

Oct 25   In the year 1859 merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die   

Oct 25   Stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers) in the year 1859.   

Oct 26   On this day in history arthur Friedheim, composer   

Oct 26   On this day in history the Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.   

Oct 29   On this day in history charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn)   

Oct 29   Spain declares war on Morocco on this day in history.   

Nov 01   Charles Brantley Aycock, (Gov-NC) in the year 1859.   

Nov 01   The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse was lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions in the year 1859.   

Nov 04   In the year 1859 stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer   

Nov 07   On this day in history carl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer, dies at 61   

Nov 12   On this day in history jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name   

Nov 12   Jules Leotard performs first Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed the garment that bears his name in the year 1859.   

Nov 16   On this day in history aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow   

Nov 17   Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 19   On this day in history mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody)   

Nov 22   Ludwig "Louis" Spohr, German violinist/composer (Faust), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Nov 23   On this day in history billy the Kid William Bonney or Henry McCarty the outlawwas born   

Nov 23   Billy the Kid, [William H Bonney], NYC, criminal in the year 1859.   

Nov 23   The birth of Billy The Kid, Born William Bonny; legendary US outlaw on this day in history.   

Nov 24   On this day in history charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"   

Nov 26   Last weekly installment of Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published in literary periodical All the Year Round on this day in history.   

Nov 28   In the year 1859 washington Irving, US author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies   

Nov 30   Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 02   Abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his part in a raid on Harper's Ferry, WV on this day in history.   

Dec 02   In the year 1859 georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte)   

Dec 02   John Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59 on this day in history.   

Dec 02   The birth of Georges Seurat, French painter in the year 1859.   

Dec 05   Dion Boucicault's "Octaroon," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

Dec 05   On this day in history louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82   

Dec 09   Algernon Ashton, composer in the year 1859.   

Dec 12   In the year 1859 edward Bradley, horse owner (1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners)   

Dec 12   On this day in history first train operated over the Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The first passenger train crossed the structure on December 17, 1859 and it was formally opened by the Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VII, on August 25, 1860. The original structure was a single-track iron tubular bridge. The tube, when first constructed, was entirely enclosed and there were ventilation problems. Later a slit 20" wide was cut in the tube the full length of the bridge to permit the emission of smoke.   

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

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   Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters) was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 09   In the year 1859 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   Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1859 birth of kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943)   

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

Jan 20   B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 in the year 1859.   

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

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   Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

Feb 23   Zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) died in the year 1859.   

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