Historical Events In 1859

Jan 05   1st steamboat sails, Red River in the year 1859.   

Jan 05   On this day in history deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)   

Jan 05   The first steamboat sails, Red River in the year 1859.   

Jan 06   On this day in history samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)   

Jan 08   On this day in history antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50   

Jan 09   Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader on this day in history.   

Jan 11   [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) in the year 1859.   

Jan 19   Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif) in the year 1859.   

Jan 20   B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history 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   In the year 1859 carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74   

Jan 27   In the year 1859 wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918)   

Feb 01   In the year 1859 victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland)   

Feb 02   Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex) on this day in history.   

Feb 04   The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt in the year 1859.   

Feb 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history john H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)   

Feb 10   Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny in the year 1859.   

Feb 10   General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny in the year 1859.   

Feb 13   In the year 1859 frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist   

Feb 14   On this day in history george Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel)   

Feb 14   In the year 1859 oregon admitted as 33rd state   

Feb 14   Oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union in the year 1859.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof) on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used in the year 1859.   

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)   

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Jan 05   DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters)   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries)   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)   

Jan 13   Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943)   

Jan 08   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 in the year 1859.   

Jan 20   On this day in history b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73   

Jan 27   In the year 1859 carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74   

Jan 28   Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) died in the year 1859.   

Feb 06   Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1859.   

Feb 23   In the year 1859 death of zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)   

Feb 26   Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1859.   

Mar 01   In the year 1859 josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61