Historical Events In 1859
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Jan 05 1st steamboat sails, Red River on this day in history.
Jan 05 In the year 1859 deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)
Jan 05 In the year 1859 the first steamboat sails, Red River
Jan 06 In the year 1859 samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)
Jan 08 In the year 1859 antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50
Jan 09 Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader in the year 1859.
Jan 11 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) on this day in history.
Jan 13 On this day in history karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)
Jan 19 On this day in history alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif)
Jan 20 On this day in history b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73
Jan 21 On this day in history antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer
Jan 22 Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover on this day in history.
Jan 24 In the year 1859 alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer
Jan 24 Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler in the year 1859.
Jan 27 On this day in history carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74
Jan 27 In the year 1859 wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918)
Feb 01 Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland) on this day in history.
Feb 02 On this day in history havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)
Feb 04 The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt in the year 1859.
Feb 05 On this day in history wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities.
Feb 06 Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.
Feb 08 In the year 1859 john H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)
Feb 10 On this day in history gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
Feb 10 On this day in history general Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
Feb 13 Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist on this day in history.
Feb 14 George Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel) in the year 1859.
Feb 14 On this day in history oregon admitted as 33rd state
Feb 14 In the year 1859 oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union.
Feb 16 In the year 1859 the French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch.
Feb 17 In the year 1859 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli
Feb 18 In the year 1859 sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof)
Feb 19 In the year 1859 dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used
Feb 19 In the year 1859 dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used
Feb 19 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.