Historical Events In 1859

Jan 05   1st steamboat sails, Red River on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)   

Jan 05   On this day in history the first steamboat sails, Red River   

Jan 06   Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) in the year 1859.   

Jan 08   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1859 carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader   

Jan 11   In the year 1859 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)   

Jan 13   Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) on this day in history.   

Jan 19   Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif) in the year 1859.   

Jan 20   B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 in the year 1859.   

Jan 21   On this day in history antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer   

Jan 22   In the year 1859 brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover   

Jan 24   Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland)   

Feb 02   Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex) in the year 1859.   

Feb 04   The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt in the year 1859.   

Feb 05   In the year 1859 wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities.   

Feb 06   Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1859.   

Feb 08   John H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop) on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1859.   

Feb 14   George Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel) on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Oregon admitted as 33rd state on this day in history.   

Feb 14   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used in the year 1859.   

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) in the year 1859.   

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Jan 05   In the year 1859 birth of deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)   

Jan 06   In the year 1859 birth of samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)   

Jan 09   Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters)   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries)   

Jan 11   [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 13   Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 13   Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943) was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 08   On this day in history antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50   

Jan 20   B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 in the year 1859.   

Jan 27   Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 in the year 1859.   

Jan 28   Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) died in the year 1859.   

Feb 06   Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1859.   

Feb 23   Zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) died in the year 1859.   

Feb 26   In the year 1859 ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64   

Mar 01   Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1859.