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 in the year 1854.   

Oct 12   In the year 1854 lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute   

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 in the year 1854.   

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

Oct 17   In the year 1854 the Australian newspaper The Age, is published for the first time in Melbourne   

Oct 18   Bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket) in the year 1854.   

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

Oct 21   On this day in history florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses were sent to the Crimean War.   

Oct 22   In the year 1854 j Gotthelf, writer, dies at 57   

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

Oct 24   On this day in history hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte)   

Oct 25   On this day in history charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die   

Oct 25   The Charge of the Light Brigade takes place during the Crimean War in the year 1854.   

Oct 25   On this day in history the infamous 'Charge of the Light Brigade' takes place at Balaklava,during the Crimean War   

Oct 26   August T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam) in the year 1854.   

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

Oct 31   In the year 1854 georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt)   

Nov 02   Cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont & Kearny starts in the year 1854.   

Nov 04   On this day in history lighthouse established on Alcatraz Island   

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

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

Nov 05   In the year 1854 crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000   

Nov 06   John Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever) in the year 1854.   

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

Nov 09   In the year 1854 franz Liszt's "Fest-Long," premieres   

Nov 09   Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 13   "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300 in the year 1854.   

Nov 13   On this day in history george Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke)   

Nov 13   The ship "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300 in the year 1854.   

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

Nov 16   In the year 1854 jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician   

Nov 17   In the year 1854 louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17)   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party) was born on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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.