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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1854 moritz Moszkowski, composer   

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

Aug 24   In the year 1854 nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

Aug 29   On this day in history self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)   

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

Sep 01   Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal) in the year 1854.   

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

Sep 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1854 hans Muller, music historian   

Sep 19   Henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car on this day in history.   

Sep 20   On this day in history battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died   

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

Sep 23   Cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05) in the year 1854.   

Sep 27   In the year 1854 steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board   

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

Sep 28   Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus) on this day in history.   

Sep 29   Martin Pluddemann, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 01   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 in the year 1854.   

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 in the year 1854.   

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   Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of peter Gast, composer   

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)   

Jan 09   Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 in the year 1854.   

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

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   Willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804) died on this day in history.   

Apr 06   William Strickland, US architect, dies in the year 1854.