Page 5: Historical Events In 1859

Aug 19   On this day in history charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox)   

Aug 27   On this day in history 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake   

Aug 27   On this day in history successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn   

Aug 28   A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far afield as Japan on this day in history.   

Sep 01   In the year 1859 1st Pullman sleeping car in service   

Sep 01   On this day in history rC Carrington &R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare   

Sep 02   Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii in the year 1859.   

Sep 03   In the year 1859 aAJ Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité, Les Preuves)   

Sep 04   Edoardo Mascheroni, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 05   On this day in history w Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter, dies at 68   

Sep 13   On this day in history cornelis J van Axes, lawyer, dies at 71   

Sep 15   John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, dies at 72 in the year 1859.   

Sep 16   In the year 1859 lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania & Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone   

Sep 17   On this day in history frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator   

Sep 17   On this day in history man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America   

Sep 20   George Simpson patents electric range in the year 1859.   

Sep 20   On this day in history patent granted on the electric range   

Sep 20   In the year 1859 yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator   

Sep 21   Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave) on this day in history.   

Sep 24   In the year 1859 julius Klengel, cellist/composer   

Sep 28   On this day in history rinse Posthumus, Fries writer, dies   

Sep 29   In the year 1859 great auroral display in US   

Oct 03   Elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler) on this day in history.   

Oct 04   On this day in history henryk Pachulski, composer   

Oct 04   Karl Baedeker, German tour guide (Die Schweiz), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Oct 09   On this day in history alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair)   

Oct 14   Camille Chevillard, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 15   In the year 1859 jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author/poet (Salmos do Prisoneiro)   

Oct 16   John Brown leads 20 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper's Ferry, Va in the year 1859.   

Oct 16   John Brown leads 21 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper's Ferry, Va in the year 1859.   

Oct 17   William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants, Cin Reds) in the year 1859.   

Oct 18   In the year 1859 henri Bergson, France, philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927)   

Oct 19   On this day in history georg Knorr, German engineer (brake system trains)   

Oct 19   Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1859 birth of samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)   

Jan 09   In the year 1859 birth of carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader   

Jan 09   Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1859 birth of frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries)   

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

Jan 13   In the year 1859 birth of karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)   

Jan 13   Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943) was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 08   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 27   Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Jan 28   Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) died on this day in history.   

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

Feb 23   Zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) died in the year 1859.   

Feb 26   Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Mar 01   Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.