Historical Events In 1854

Oct 10   On this day in history uS Assay Office in New York City, NY opens   

Oct 10   US Assay Office in NY City, NY opens on this day in history.   

Oct 12   Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute in the year 1854.   

Oct 16   On this day in history karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist   

Oct 16   On this day in history the birth of Oscar Wilde, Irish born novelist and playwright   

Oct 17   In the year 1854 miners burn down Eureka Hotel, Ballarat, after court dismisses murder charges against hotelier James Bentley, accused of kicking a young miner to death   

Oct 17   The Australian newspaper The Age, is published for the first time in Melbourne on this day in history.   

Oct 18   In the year 1854 bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket)   

Oct 20   On this day in history alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile)   

Oct 21   Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses were sent to the Crimean War in the year 1854.   

Oct 22   In the year 1854 j Gotthelf, writer, dies at 57   

Oct 23   In the year 1854 the Times give precise British positions in Krim   

Oct 24   In the year 1854 hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte)   

Oct 25   On this day in history charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die   

Oct 25   In the year 1854 the Charge of the Light Brigade takes place during the Crimean War.   

Oct 25   On this day in history the infamous 'Charge of the Light Brigade' takes place at Balaklava,during the Crimean War   

Oct 26   In the year 1854 august T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam)   

Oct 28   James P Carrell, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Oct 31   On this day in history georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt)   

Nov 02   Cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont & Kearny starts in the year 1854.   

Nov 04   On this day in history lighthouse established on Alcatraz Island   

Nov 04   In the year 1854 lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island   

Nov 05   ... Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann on this day in history.   

Nov 05   Crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000 in the year 1854.   

Nov 06   On this day in history john Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever)   

Nov 06   The birth of John Philip Sousa, American composer and conductor in the year 1854.   

Nov 09   Franz Liszt's "Fest-Long," premieres in the year 1854.   

Nov 09   In the year 1854 joseph Miroslav Weber, composer   

Nov 13   In the year 1854 "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300   

Nov 13   George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke) on this day in history.   

Nov 13   On this day in history the ship "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300   

Nov 15   In the year 1854 in Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession.   

Nov 16   Jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician in the year 1854.   

Nov 17   On this day in history louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17)   

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Jan 01   James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1854 birth of sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921)   

Jan 10   Peter Gast, composer was born in the year 1854.   

Jan 18   In the year 1854 birth of thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone)   

Jan 29   On this day in history birth of willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian   

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician   

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party)   

Jan 08   William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) died on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   On this day in history juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies   

Feb 04   In the year 1854 carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66   

Feb 17   Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80 in the year 1854.   

Mar 11   In the year 1854 death of willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)   

Apr 06   William Strickland, US architect, dies in the year 1854.