Historical Events In 1857

Feb 22   Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves in the year 1857.   

Feb 22   The birth of Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the Boy Scout movement on this day in history.   

Feb 24   In the year 1857 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to govt   

Feb 24   On this day in history first perforated US postage stamps delivered to the government   

Feb 24   Los Angeles Vineyard Society organized on this day in history.   

Feb 26   On this day in history emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)   

Feb 26   On this day in history ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88   

Feb 28   Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 03   In the year 1857 alfred Bruneau, composer   

Mar 03   In the year 1857 second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.   

Mar 06   Dred Scott Decision Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens on this day in history.   

Mar 06   On this day in history the US Supreme Court rules that slave Dred Scott cannot sue for his freedom in federal court.   

Mar 07   Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) on this day in history.   

Mar 11   Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Mar 12   On this day in history a Great Western Railway train breaks an axle while crossing a swing bridge and plunges into the Desjardins Canal near Hamilton. 59 people are killed.   

Mar 12   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice in the year 1857.   

Mar 17   Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Mar 21   On this day in history abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64   

Mar 21   Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die in the year 1857.   

Mar 22   Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse) in the year 1857.   

Mar 23   Elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC) in the year 1857.   

Mar 23   On this day in history elisha Otis' first elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC)   

Mar 23   On this day in history fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)   

Mar 25   Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse in the year 1857.   

Mar 25   Frederick Laggenheim takes first photo of a solar eclipse in the year 1857.   

Mar 27   Karl Pearson, London England, mathematician in the year 1857.   

Apr 01   Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man in the year 1857.   

Apr 05   On this day in history alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86)   

Apr 10   Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker on this day in history.   

Apr 12   In the year 1857 gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published   

Apr 14   Edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver) in the year 1857.   

Apr 15   In the year 1857 n R Pogson discovers asteroid #43 Ariadne   

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Jan 02   Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 02   Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)   

Jan 06   In the year 1857 birth of william E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)   

Jan 11   In the year 1857 birth of fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)   

Jan 17   In the year 1857 birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)   

Jan 17   In the year 1857 birth of wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)   

Jan 20   On this day in history edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32   

Jan 27   Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 in the year 1857.   

Feb 07   On this day in history félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65   

Feb 09   In the year 1857 death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)   

Feb 10   On this day in history death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)   

Feb 14   Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history mikhail Glinka, composer, dies   

Feb 16   On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77