Page 2: Historical Events In 1856

Feb 29   In the year 1856 hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease   

Mar 01   Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw) on this day in history.   

Mar 05   Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire on this day in history.   

Mar 05   Georgia becomes first state to regulate railroads on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact on this day in history.   

Mar 07   On this day in history matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne)   

Mar 09   In the year 1856 sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded in the Johnston Mansion House on the University of Alabama   

Mar 16   On this day in history e Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince   

Mar 20   In the year 1856 frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management   

Mar 25   In the year 1856 a E Burnside patents Burnside carbine   

Mar 26   In the year 1856 david Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda   

Mar 26   New South Wales' first first-class game, vs Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales won in the year 1856.   

Mar 26   NSW's 1st 1st-class game, v Victoria at Melbourne NSW won on this day in history.   

Mar 28   In the year 1856 pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76   

Mar 30   Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War on this day in history.   

Apr 03   On this day in history gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos   

Apr 05   Booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator (1st black on US stamp) on this day in history.   

Apr 10   On this day in history the Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University.   

Apr 11   Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (dominant England bat late 19th cent) on this day in history.   

Apr 11   On this day in history battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans   

Apr 12   William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen) on this day in history.   

Apr 18   Russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns on this day in history.   

Apr 21   The first rail train to pass over the mighty Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, IL made its journey across a newly completed bridge between the two rail centers in the year 1856.   

Apr 21   On this day in history the first railroad bridge across Mississippi completed   

Apr 22   [Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans) in the year 1856.   

Apr 24   In the year 1856 henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)   

Apr 29   Peace between England & Russia on this day in history.   

May 03   In the year 1856 adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27   

May 06   In the year 1856 robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909)   

May 06   The birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer on this day in history.   

May 06   In the year 1856 the birth of Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist   

May 06   In the year 1856 william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies   

May 07   On this day in history argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact   

May 13   In the year 1856 peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art   

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Jan 06   Giuseppe Martucci, composer was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 09   Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Stevan Mokranjac, composer was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 11   In the year 1856 birth of christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer   

Jan 12   John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters) was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 14   J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation)   

Jan 05   Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23]   

Jan 12   In the year 1856 death of Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)   

Jan 16   In the year 1856 death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)   

Jan 17   Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1856.   

Jan 24   Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775) died in the year 1856.   

Feb 08   In the year 1856 death of agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)   

Feb 17   Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris on this day in history.