Historical Events In 1857
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Jan 02 Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) on this day in history.
Jan 06 In the year 1857 patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn
Jan 06 Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania on this day in history.
Jan 08 In the year 1857 dion Boucicauly's "Poor of NY," premieres in NYC
Jan 09 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon CA on this day in history.
Jan 09 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon Calif on this day in history.
Jan 09 Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) on this day in history.
Jan 11 In the year 1857 fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)
Jan 15 On this day in history 1st first-class game in Sydney, NSW v Vic at The Domain
Jan 15 On this day in history the first first-class game in Sydney, New South Wales vs Victoria at The Domain
Jan 17 Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) in the year 1857.
Jan 18 Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I) in the year 1857.
Jan 20 On this day in history edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32
Jan 22 In the year 1857 national Association of Baseball Players founded, NY
Jan 23 In the year 1857 andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity)
Jan 24 The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first full-fledged university in south Asia on this day in history.
Jan 27 Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 in the year 1857.
Feb 01 On this day in history influenza in Europe, North America, South America
Feb 01 Smallpox in Victoria, Australia on this day in history.
Feb 01 Yellow fever in Portugal in the year 1857.
Feb 02 On this day in history jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector
Feb 07 On this day in history félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65
Feb 09 Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education on this day in history.
Feb 12 Bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96) on this day in history.
Feb 14 On this day in history johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
Feb 15 In the year 1857 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies
Feb 16 On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77
Feb 16 Gallaudet College (Natl Deaf Mute college) forms (Wash DC) in the year 1857.
Feb 17 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher on this day in history.
Feb 18 In the year 1857 insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo
Feb 18 In the year 1857 max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor
Feb 21 Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US in the year 1857.
Feb 21 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) on this day in history.
Feb 21 On this day in history uS issues flying eagle cents