Page 6: Historical Events In 1853

Dec 09   Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, Rochester NY, pitcher (60-12 in 1884) in the year 1853.   

Dec 13   Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter in the year 1853.   

Dec 14   On this day in history salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas)   

Dec 15   In the year 1853 jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies   

Dec 17   Herbert Beerbohm Tree, England, actor/theater manager (Trilby) on this day in history.   

Dec 21   On this day in history isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)   

Dec 22   On this day in history maria Teresa Carreno, Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor   

Dec 23   Giacomo Puccini, Italy, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 30   In the year 1853 a dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.   

Dec 30   Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer in the year 1853.   

Dec 30   Gadsden Purchase 45,000 mi (120,000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million. Area is now southern Arizona & New Mexico on this day in history.   

Dec 30   The US purchases 30,000 square miles of land from Mexico in what is now southern New Mexico and Arizona. The Gadsden Purchase cost the US $10 million in the year 1853.   

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Jan 01   Hans Koessler, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Iwan Knorr, composer was born in the year 1853.   

Jan 07   Nikolai Arkas, composer was born in the year 1853.   

Jan 11   Gustav Falke, German author/poet (Der Mann im Nebel) was born in the year 1853.   

Jan 11   In the year 1853 birth of georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (d. 1926)   

Jan 12   Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (tensor analysis) was born in the year 1853.   

Jan 16   In the year 1853 birth of andre Michelin, France, industrialist/tire manufacturer (Michelin)   

Jan 16   Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor/theater director (Kathleen) was born in the year 1853.   

Jan 01   Gregory Blaxland, Australian explorer (b. 1778) died in the year 1853.   

Jan 03   Theodor Uhlig, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1853 juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75   

Jan 13   On this day in history death of theophilos Kairis, Greek priest, humanist and revolutionary (b. 1783)   

Mar 04   In the year 1853 death of christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (b. 1774)   

Mar 05   Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Mar 17   In the year 1853 christian Doppler, physicist, dies   

Apr 08   Jan W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73 in the year 1853.