Page 4: Historical Events In 1856

Jul 16   Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem in the year 1856.   

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) in the year 1856.   

Jul 23   In the year 1856 arthur H Bird, composer   

Jul 26   George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) in the year 1856.   

Jul 26   The birth of George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright on this day in history.   

Jul 29   Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

Jul 30   In the year 1856 richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor (Life of A Smith)   

Jul 31   In the year 1856 christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.   

Aug 04   Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1856.   

Aug 10   Hurricane washes away 300 in Louisiana on this day in history.   

Aug 10   On this day in history 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   J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) [NS Sept 1]   

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

Aug 20   On this day in history wilberforce University forms in Ohio   

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

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

Aug 24   In the year 1856 felix Mottl, composer   

Aug 27   In the year 1856 iwan Franko, writer   

Aug 31   Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 01   Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) on this day in history.   

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   Louis Henri Sullivan, Boston Mass, father of modern US architecture in the year 1856.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1856 birth of anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar)   

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   On this day in history 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   Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 05   Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 in the year 1856.   

Jan 11   Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23] on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 17   In the year 1856 thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41   

Jan 24   In the year 1856 death of rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)   

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 in the year 1856.