Historical Events In 1859
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Oct 20 G B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England) on this day in history.
Oct 22 Louis (Ludwig) Spohr, composer (Faust), dies at 75 on this day in history.
Oct 25 In the year 1859 merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die
Oct 25 In the year 1859 stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers)
Oct 26 On this day in history arthur Friedheim, composer
Oct 26 The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead in the year 1859.
Oct 29 In the year 1859 charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn)
Oct 29 Spain declares war on Morocco in the year 1859.
Nov 01 Charles Brantley Aycock, (Gov-NC) in the year 1859.
Nov 01 In the year 1859 the current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse was lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.
Nov 04 Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer on this day in history.
Nov 07 Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
Nov 12 In the year 1859 jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name
Nov 12 In the year 1859 jules Leotard performs first Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed the garment that bears his name
Nov 16 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow in the year 1859.
Nov 17 In the year 1859 gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer
Nov 19 Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody) on this day in history.
Nov 22 Ludwig "Louis" Spohr, German violinist/composer (Faust), dies at 75 in the year 1859.
Nov 23 Billy the Kid William Bonney or Henry McCarty the outlawwas born on this day in history.
Nov 23 On this day in history billy the Kid, [William H Bonney], NYC, criminal
Nov 23 The birth of Billy The Kid, Born William Bonny; legendary US outlaw on this day in history.
Nov 24 In the year 1859 charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"
Nov 26 On this day in history last weekly installment of Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published in literary periodical All the Year Round
Nov 28 Washington Irving, US author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies in the year 1859.
Nov 30 On this day in history sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer
Dec 02 Abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his part in a raid on Harper's Ferry, WV on this day in history.
Dec 02 Georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte) on this day in history.
Dec 02 John Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59 in the year 1859.
Dec 02 The birth of Georges Seurat, French painter in the year 1859.
Dec 05 In the year 1859 dion Boucicault's "Octaroon," premieres in NYC
Dec 05 In the year 1859 louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82
Dec 09 Algernon Ashton, composer in the year 1859.
Dec 12 In the year 1859 edward Bradley, horse owner (1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners)
Dec 12 First train operated over the Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The first passenger train crossed the structure on December 17, 1859 and it was formally opened by the Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VII, on August 25, 1860. The original structure was a single-track iron tubular bridge. The tube, when first constructed, was entirely enclosed and there were ventilation problems. Later a slit 20" wide was cut in the tube the full length of the bridge to permit the emission of smoke on this day in history.
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