Page 5: Historical Events In 1854

Aug 09   Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 in the year 1854.   

Aug 09   Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden" on this day in history.   

Aug 10   J Scott Lidgett, London, theologist in the year 1854.   

Aug 12   In the year 1854 alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith   

Aug 16   In the year 1854 duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies   

Aug 20   On this day in history friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79   

Aug 22   In the year 1854 milan I, King of Serbia   

Aug 23   In the year 1854 moritz Moszkowski, composer   

Aug 24   National emigration convention meets in Cleveland in the year 1854.   

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

Aug 29   In the year 1854 self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)   

Aug 30   On this day in history john Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels   

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

Sep 04   On this day in history english/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka   

Sep 08   In the year 1854 willem M van Rossum, Dutch cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File   

Sep 10   In the year 1854 anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman)   

Sep 14   On this day in history allied armies, including those of Britain & France, land in Crimea   

Sep 17   On this day in history hans Muller, music historian   

Sep 19   In the year 1854 henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car   

Sep 20   In the year 1854 battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died   

Sep 20   On this day in history british and French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea   

Sep 23   In the year 1854 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 on this day in history.   

Sep 28   In the year 1854 adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus)   

Sep 29   On this day in history 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   William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever on this day in history.   

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

Oct 04   In the year 1854 honest Abe Lincoln made his first great political speech while attending the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.   

Oct 06   On this day in history the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.   

Oct 07   On this day in history christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek)   

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

Oct 10   In the year 1854 jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of james Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)   

Jan 06   Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle) was born in the year 1854.   

Jan 09   Jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921) was born in the year 1854.   

Jan 10   In the year 1854 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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 09   In the year 1854 birth of edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party)   

Jan 08   William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) died on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1854 filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77   

Jan 18   Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 04   In the year 1854 carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66   

Feb 17   In the year 1854 hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71   

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

Mar 11   Willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804) died in the year 1854.   

Apr 06   In the year 1854 william Strickland, US architect, dies