Page 4: Historical Events In 1856

Jul 16   In the year 1856 statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem   

Jul 17   Sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila) on this day in history.   

Jul 21   Harry A P Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania) on this day in history.   

Jul 23   In the year 1856 arthur H Bird, composer   

Jul 26   George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) on this day in history.   

Jul 26   In the year 1856 the birth of George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright   

Jul 29   In the year 1856 robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46   

Jul 30   Richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor (Life of A Smith) on this day in history.   

Jul 31   On this day in history christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.   

Aug 04   Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1856.   

Aug 05   On this day in history rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61   

Aug 10   Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana on this day in history.   

Aug 10   Hurricane washes away 300 in Louisiana in the year 1856.   

Aug 10   In the year 1856 paul Geisler, composer   

Aug 12   In the year 1856 anthony Fass patents accordion   

Aug 14   William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 15   On this day in history j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament   

Aug 17   Violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master) in the year 1856.   

Aug 18   In the year 1856 charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer   

Aug 20   Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) [NS Sept 1] on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1856.   

Aug 20   Wilberforce University forms in Ohio in the year 1856.   

Aug 21   On this day in history america's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)   

Aug 21   Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1856.   

Aug 24   On this day in history felix Mottl, composer   

Aug 27   Iwan Franko, writer in the year 1856.   

Aug 31   In the year 1856 nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer   

Sep 01   Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) in the year 1856.   

Sep 02   Tianjing's struggle Incident in Nanjing, China in the year 1856.   

Sep 02   In the year 1856 yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion   

Sep 03   In the year 1856 louis Henri Sullivan, Boston Mass, father of modern US architecture   

Sep 05   On this day in history jacobus C J Hermans, actor (7th Command)   

Sep 12   Johann Heinrich Beck, composer in the year 1856.   

Sep 14   Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders in the year 1856.   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar)   

Jan 09   Lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears) was born in the year 1856.   

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   In the year 1856 birth of john Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters)   

Jan 14   On this day in history 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   Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 in the year 1856.   

Jan 11   In the year 1856 nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23]   

Jan 12   On this day in history death of Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)   

Jan 16   On this day in history death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)   

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

Jan 24   On this day in history death of rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)   

Feb 08   Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773) died on this day in history.   

Feb 17   Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris in the year 1856.