1859 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1859?
- January 24, 1859 – Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler.
- February 4, 1859 – The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
- February 5, 1859 – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state.
- February 14, 1859 – Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
- 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.
- May 31, 1859 – The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
- June 4, 1859 – Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.
- June 18, 1859 – First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
- June 24, 1859 – Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
- June 28, 1859 – The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
- June 30, 1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
- July 8, 1859 – King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
- July 30, 1859 – First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
- 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.
- September 1, 1859 – Solar Superstorm
- September 2, 1859 – A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service.
- December 2, 1859 – Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16th raid on Harper’s Ferry.
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