Historical Events In 1859
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Jan 05 In the year 1859 1st steamboat sails, Red River
Jan 05 DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) on this day in history.
Jan 05 The first steamboat sails, Red River on this day in history.
Jan 06 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) in the year 1859.
Jan 08 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 in the year 1859.
Jan 09 Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader in the year 1859.
Jan 11 In the year 1859 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)
Jan 13 On this day in history karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)
Jan 19 Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif) in the year 1859.
Jan 20 In the year 1859 b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73
Jan 21 In the year 1859 antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer
Jan 22 Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover in the year 1859.
Jan 24 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer on this day in history.
Jan 24 Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler on this day in history.
Jan 27 Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 in the year 1859.
Jan 27 Wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918) in the year 1859.
Feb 01 On this day in history victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland)
Feb 02 Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex) in the year 1859.
Feb 04 On this day in history the Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
Feb 05 In the year 1859 wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities.
Feb 06 Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.
Feb 08 In the year 1859 john H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)
Feb 10 In the year 1859 gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
Feb 10 General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny on this day in history.
Feb 13 Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist in the year 1859.
Feb 14 On this day in history george Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel)
Feb 14 On this day in history oregon admitted as 33rd state
Feb 14 On this day in history oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union.
Feb 16 The French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch in the year 1859.
Feb 17 In the year 1859 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli
Feb 18 On this day in history sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof)
Feb 19 On this day in history dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used
Feb 19 On this day in history dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used
Feb 19 In the year 1859 svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)