Page 5: Historical Events In 1854

Aug 09   Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Aug 09   Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden" in the year 1854.   

Aug 10   In the year 1854 j Scott Lidgett, London, theologist   

Aug 12   Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith in the year 1854.   

Aug 16   Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies in the year 1854.   

Aug 20   Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Aug 22   Milan I, King of Serbia on this day in history.   

Aug 23   Moritz Moszkowski, composer in the year 1854.   

Aug 24   On this day in history national emigration convention meets in Cleveland   

Aug 24   On this day in history nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

Aug 29   Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay) in the year 1854.   

Aug 30   John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels on this day in history.   

Sep 01   In the year 1854 engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal)   

Sep 04   English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka on this day in history.   

Sep 08   Willem M van Rossum, Dutch cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File on this day in history.   

Sep 10   Anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman) in the year 1854.   

Sep 14   Allied armies, including those of Britain & France, land in Crimea on this day in history.   

Sep 17   Hans Muller, music historian on this day in history.   

Sep 19   On this day in history henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car   

Sep 20   Battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died in the year 1854.   

Sep 20   British and French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea on this day in history.   

Sep 23   On this day in history cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05)   

Sep 27   On this day in history steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board   

Sep 27   The steamship liner Arctic sinks in the Atlantic Ocean, killing 300 people in the year 1854.   

Sep 28   On this day in history adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus)   

Sep 29   In the year 1854 martin Pluddemann, composer   

Oct 01   On this day in history the watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American System of Watch Manufacturing.   

Oct 03   In the year 1854 william Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever   

Oct 04   Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair on this day in history.   

Oct 04   Honest Abe Lincoln made his first great political speech while attending the Illinois State Fair in Springfield on this day in history.   

Oct 06   In the year 1854 the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.   

Oct 07   In the year 1854 christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek)   

Oct 09   the siege of Sebastopol begins in the year 1854.   

Oct 10   On this day in history jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer   

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Jan 01   James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) was born in the year 1854.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)   

Jan 09   Jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of peter Gast, composer   

Jan 18   Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) was born in the year 1854.   

Jan 29   Willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian was born in the year 1854.   

Feb 09   Aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician was born in the year 1854.   

Feb 09   Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party) was born in the year 1854.   

Jan 08   In the year 1854 death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)   

Jan 09   On this day in history filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77   

Jan 18   On this day in history juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies   

Feb 04   On this day in history carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66   

Feb 17   Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 in the year 1854.   

Mar 06   In the year 1854 caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80   

Mar 11   On this day in history death of willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)   

Apr 06   On this day in history william Strickland, US architect, dies