Today in History for December 1857
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Months in 1857: January February March April May June July August September October November
Historical Events
Events 1 - 4 of 4
8th - 1st production of Dion Boucicaults "Poor of NY"
16th - Earthquake in Naples, Italy
29th - Franz Liszt's "Die Hunnenschlacht," premieres in Weimar
31st - Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 6 of 6
3rd - Joseph Conrad, Berdychiv, Poland, novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness), (d. 1924)
7th - Nicola van Westerhout, composer
15th - Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer
16th - Edward Emerson Barnard, Tenn, astronomer (Jupiter's 5th satellite)
22nd - George [Robert] Gissing, England, novelist
31st - King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 2 of 2
3rd - Christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80
11th - Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73
