Today in History for September 1859
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 9 of 9
1st - 1st Pullman sleeping car in service
1st - R C Carrington & R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare
1st - A solar superstorm affects electrical telegraph service.
2nd - Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii
2nd - A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service.
16th - Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania & Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone
17th - Man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America
20th - George Simpson patents electric range
29th - Great auroral display in US
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 10 of 10
3rd - AAJ Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité, Les Preuves)
4th - Edoardo Mascheroni, composer
11th - Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian writer (d. 1905)
17th - Frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator
17th - Richard Henry Warren, composer
18th - John L. Bates, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
18th - Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (d. 1940)
20th - Yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator
21st - Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave)
24th - Julius Klengel, cellist/composer
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 5 of 5
5th - W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter, dies at 68
13th - Cornelis J van Axes, lawyer, dies at 71
15th - John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, dies at 72
15th - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (b. 1806)
28th - Rinse Posthumus, Fries writer, dies
