Page 6: Historical Events In 1859

Oct 20   G B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England) in the year 1859.   

Oct 22   On this day in history louis (Ludwig) Spohr, composer (Faust), dies at 75   

Oct 25   Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die in the year 1859.   

Oct 25   In the year 1859 stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers)   

Oct 26   Arthur Friedheim, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 26   In the year 1859 the Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.   

Oct 29   Charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn) on this day in history.   

Oct 29   In the year 1859 spain declares war on Morocco.   

Nov 01   On this day in history charles Brantley Aycock, (Gov-NC)   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 04   In the year 1859 stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer   

Nov 07   In the year 1859 carl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer, dies at 61   

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

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

Nov 16   Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow on this day in history.   

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

Nov 19   In the year 1859 mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody)   

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

Nov 23   In the year 1859 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   Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species" in the year 1859.   

Nov 26   Last weekly installment of Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published in literary periodical All the Year Round in the year 1859.   

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

Nov 30   Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer in the year 1859.   

Dec 02   Abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his part in a raid on Harper's Ferry, WV in the year 1859.   

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

Dec 02   John Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59 in the year 1859.   

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

Dec 05   In the year 1859 dion Boucicault's "Octaroon," premieres in NYC   

Dec 05   In the year 1859 louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82   

Dec 09   On this day in history algernon Ashton, composer   

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

Dec 12   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 in the year 1859.   

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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   Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 09   Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)   

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

Jan 13   Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 20   In the year 1859 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   Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1859.   

Mar 01   Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1859.