1859 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1859?
- February 4, 1859 – The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
- February 14, 1859 – Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
- April 4, 1859 – Bryant’s Minstrels debut “Dixie” in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
- April 25, 1859 – British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.
- May 4, 1859 – The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England.
- May 30, 1859 – Westminster’s Big Ben rang for the first time in London.
- June 4, 1859 – Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.
- June 6, 1859 – Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
- June 24, 1859 – Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
- July 8, 1859 – King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
- August 16, 1859 – The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
- August 27, 1859 – Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well.
- August 28, 1859 – 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 away as Japan.
- September 1, 1859 – Solar Superstorm
- September 2, 1859 – A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service.
- September 17, 1859 – Joshua A. Norton declares himself “Emperor Norton I” of the United States.
- October 16, 1859 – John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
- October 22, 1859 – Spain declares war on Morocco.
- November 15, 1859 – The first modern revival of the Olympic Games takes place in Athens, Greece.
- December 2, 1859 – Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16th raid on Harper’s Ferry.
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