Historical Events In 1859

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.   

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

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

Jan 09   Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 09   Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters) was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 09   Frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943)   

Jan 08   In the year 1859 antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50   

Jan 20   B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 27   In the year 1859 carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74   

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

Feb 06   In the year 1859 johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45   

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

Feb 26   On this day in history ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64   

Mar 01   In the year 1859 josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61