Page 6: Historical Events In 1859

Oct 20   On this day in history g B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England)   

Oct 22   On this day in history 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   On this day in history stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers)   

Oct 26   Arthur Friedheim, composer in the year 1859.   

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

Oct 29   In the year 1859 charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn)   

Oct 29   Spain declares war on Morocco in the year 1859.   

Nov 01   Charles Brantley Aycock, (Gov-NC) on this day in history.   

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   Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 07   On this day in history 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 in the year 1859.   

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

Nov 17   Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer in the year 1859.   

Nov 19   Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody) in the year 1859.   

Nov 22   Ludwig "Louis" Spohr, German violinist/composer (Faust), dies at 75 in the year 1859.   

Nov 23   Billy the Kid William Bonney or Henry McCarty the outlawwas born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1859 last weekly installment of Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published in literary periodical All the Year Round   

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   Georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte) on this day in history.   

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

Dec 02   On this day in history the birth of Georges Seurat, French painter   

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   On this day in history 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   Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 09   Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1859 birth of carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters)   

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 in the year 1859.   

Jan 13   Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943) was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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.