Page 2: Historical Events In 1857

Feb 22   On this day in history heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves   

Feb 22   The birth of Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the Boy Scout movement in the year 1857.   

Feb 24   1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to govt in the year 1857.   

Feb 24   First perforated US postage stamps delivered to the government in the year 1857.   

Feb 24   On this day in history los Angeles Vineyard Society organized   

Feb 26   In the year 1857 emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)   

Feb 26   In the year 1857 ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88   

Feb 28   In the year 1857 gustave Adolph Kerker, composer   

Mar 03   On this day in history alfred Bruneau, composer   

Mar 03   Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Dred Scott Decision Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens in the year 1857.   

Mar 06   Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens on this day in history.   

Mar 06   On this day in history the US Supreme Court rules that slave Dred Scott cannot sue for his freedom in federal court.   

Mar 07   On this day in history baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs   

Mar 07   Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) on this day in history.   

Mar 11   Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Mar 12   A Great Western Railway train breaks an axle while crossing a swing bridge and plunges into the Desjardins Canal near Hamilton. 59 people are killed in the year 1857.   

Mar 12   On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice   

Mar 17   Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Mar 21   On this day in history abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64   

Mar 21   Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die in the year 1857.   

Mar 22   Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse) in the year 1857.   

Mar 23   On this day in history elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC)   

Mar 23   In the year 1857 elisha Otis' first elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC)   

Mar 23   On this day in history fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)   

Mar 25   Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse in the year 1857.   

Mar 25   In the year 1857 frederick Laggenheim takes first photo of a solar eclipse   

Mar 27   Karl Pearson, London England, mathematician on this day in history.   

Apr 01   Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man in the year 1857.   

Apr 05   On this day in history alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86)   

Apr 10   In the year 1857 henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker   

Apr 12   Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published in the year 1857.   

Apr 14   In the year 1857 edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)   

Apr 15   N R Pogson discovers asteroid #43 Ariadne on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)   

Jan 02   Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 06   William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1857 birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)   

Jan 11   Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 17   Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 20   On this day in history edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32   

Jan 27   On this day in history dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72   

Feb 07   Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 in the year 1857.   

Feb 09   In the year 1857 death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)   

Feb 10   David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) died on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1857 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies   

Feb 16   On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77