Page 6: Historical Events In 1854

Oct 10   US Assay Office in New York City, NY opens in the year 1854.   

Oct 10   US Assay Office in NY City, NY opens on this day in history.   

Oct 12   Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute on this day in history.   

Oct 16   Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist on this day in history.   

Oct 16   The birth of Oscar Wilde, Irish born novelist and playwright on this day in history.   

Oct 17   Miners burn down Eureka Hotel, Ballarat, after court dismisses murder charges against hotelier James Bentley, accused of kicking a young miner to death on this day in history.   

Oct 17   The Australian newspaper The Age, is published for the first time in Melbourne on this day in history.   

Oct 18   Bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket) on this day in history.   

Oct 20   In the year 1854 alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile)   

Oct 21   In the year 1854 florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses were sent to the Crimean War.   

Oct 22   J Gotthelf, writer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Oct 23   In the year 1854 the Times give precise British positions in Krim   

Oct 24   Hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte) on this day in history.   

Oct 25   In the year 1854 charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die   

Oct 25   On this day in history the Charge of the Light Brigade takes place during the Crimean War.   

Oct 25   The infamous 'Charge of the Light Brigade' takes place at Balaklava,during the Crimean War in the year 1854.   

Oct 26   On this day in history august T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam)   

Oct 28   In the year 1854 james P Carrell, composer, dies at 67   

Oct 31   Georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt) on this day in history.   

Nov 02   In the year 1854 cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont & Kearny starts   

Nov 04   Lighthouse established on Alcatraz Island on this day in history.   

Nov 04   In the year 1854 lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island   

Nov 05   ... Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann on this day in history.   

Nov 05   On this day in history crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000   

Nov 06   John Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever) on this day in history.   

Nov 06   On this day in history the birth of John Philip Sousa, American composer and conductor   

Nov 09   Franz Liszt's "Fest-Long," premieres in the year 1854.   

Nov 09   In the year 1854 joseph Miroslav Weber, composer   

Nov 13   "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300 on this day in history.   

Nov 13   George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke) on this day in history.   

Nov 13   On this day in history the ship "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300   

Nov 15   In the year 1854 in Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession.   

Nov 16   Jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician on this day in history.   

Nov 17   Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17) in the year 1854.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1854 birth of james Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)   

Jan 06   Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   Peter Gast, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1854 birth of thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone)   

Jan 29   In the year 1854 birth of willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian   

Feb 09   Aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician was born on this day in history.   

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   Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

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