Today in History for January 1856
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Months in 1856: February March April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 4 of 4
8th - Dr John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs, Calif
23rd - Steamer Pacific lost
25th - Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians
29th - Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 8 of 8
6th - Giuseppe Martucci, composer
9th - Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar)
9th - Lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears)
9th - Stevan Mokranjac, composer
11th - Christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer
12th - John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters)
14th - J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)
18th - John Hyatt Brewer, composer
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 6 of 6
5th - Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67
11th - Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23]
12th - Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)
16th - Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)
17th - Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41
24th - Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)
