Historical Events In 1856

May 15   2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized on this day in history.   

May 15   Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz) in the year 1856.   

May 19   Sen Charles Sumner, Mass, spoke out against slavery in the year 1856.   

May 19   On this day in history senator Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery   

May 20   In the year 1856 henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter   

May 21   Lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces in the year 1856.   

May 21   Lawrence KS captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces on this day in history.   

May 22   On this day in history violence in Senate, SC rep Brooks used a cane on Mass Sen Sumner   

May 22   Violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner on this day in history.   

May 24   In the year 1856 pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas   

May 26   On this day in history george Templeton Strong, composer   

May 27   Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning on this day in history.   

Jun 03   Cullen Whipple patents screw machine in the year 1856.   

Jun 03   On this day in history opening of Windsor Branch Railway from Windsor to Windsor Jc., N.S. by Nova Scotia government. This was the oldest constituent of the Dominion Atlantic Railway.   

Jun 08   In the year 1856 natalia Janotha, composer   

Jun 08   Pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island in the year 1856.   

Jun 09   On this day in history 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.   

Jun 11   Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76 in the year 1856.   

Jun 14   Andrey Markov, Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain) in the year 1856.   

Jun 15   David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73 in the year 1856.   

Jun 17   Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia in the year 1856.   

Jun 17   Republican Party opens its first national convention in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

Jun 19   Elbert Hubbard, US, editor/publisher/author (Message to Garcia) in the year 1856.   

Jun 22   On this day in history henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn)   

Jun 30   Gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers) on this day in history.   

Jul 04   On this day in history istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64   

Jul 06   Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT on this day in history.   

Jul 07   George Hearne, cricketer (brother of Frank & Alec, Test for England) on this day in history.   

Jul 09   Daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum) on this day in history.   

Jul 10   In the year 1856 nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil   

Jul 15   Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81 in the year 1856.   

Jul 15   On this day in history natal established as a British colony separate from Cape Colony   

Jul 15   Natal forms as a British colony separate from Cape Colony in the year 1856.   

Jul 15   On this day in history owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test captain)   

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Jan 06   In the year 1856 birth of giuseppe Martucci, composer   

Jan 09   Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar) was born in the year 1856.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1856 birth of stevan Mokranjac, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1856 birth of j. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1856 pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67   

Jan 11   In the year 1856 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   Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) died on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 08   Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773) died in the year 1856.   

Feb 17   In the year 1856 heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris