Historical Events In 1856

Jul 16   Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem on this day in history.   

Jul 17   Sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila) in the year 1856.   

Jul 21   Harry A P Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania) on this day in history.   

Jul 23   Arthur H Bird, composer in the year 1856.   

Jul 26   George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) in the year 1856.   

Jul 26   In the year 1856 the birth of George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright   

Jul 29   In the year 1856 robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46   

Jul 30   Richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor (Life of A Smith) on this day in history.   

Jul 31   Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city in the year 1856.   

Aug 04   Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Aug 05   On this day in history rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61   

Aug 10   Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana on this day in history.   

Aug 10   On this day in history hurricane washes away 300 in Louisiana   

Aug 10   In the year 1856 paul Geisler, composer   

Aug 12   On this day in history anthony Fass patents accordion   

Aug 14   William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies in the year 1856.   

Aug 15   In the year 1856 j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament   

Aug 17   Violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master) in the year 1856.   

Aug 18   On this day in history charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer   

Aug 20   Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) [NS Sept 1] on this day in history.   

Aug 20   On this day in history philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80   

Aug 20   On this day in history wilberforce University forms in Ohio   

Aug 21   In the year 1856 america's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)   

Aug 21   On this day in history peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64   

Aug 24   Felix Mottl, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 27   Iwan Franko, writer on this day in history.   

Aug 31   Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer in the year 1856.   

Sep 01   Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) on this day in history.   

Sep 02   Tianjing's struggle Incident in Nanjing, China in the year 1856.   

Sep 02   In the year 1856 yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion   

Sep 03   Louis Henri Sullivan, Boston Mass, father of modern US architecture on this day in history.   

Sep 05   On this day in history jacobus C J Hermans, actor (7th Command)   

Sep 12   On this day in history johann Heinrich Beck, composer   

Sep 14   In the year 1856 battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders   

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Jan 06   In the year 1856 birth of giuseppe Martucci, composer   

Jan 09   Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar) was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 09   In the year 1856 birth of lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears)   

Jan 09   In the year 1856 birth of stevan Mokranjac, composer   

Jan 11   In the year 1856 birth of christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer   

Jan 12   John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of j. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)   

Jan 18   In the year 1856 birth of daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation)   

Jan 05   Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 in the year 1856.   

Jan 11   Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23] in the year 1856.   

Jan 12   Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815) died on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) died on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

Jan 24   Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775) died in the year 1856.   

Feb 08   Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773) died on this day in history.   

Feb 17   In the year 1856 heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris