1859 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1859?
- 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.
- 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 6, 1859 – Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
- June 15, 1859 – Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the “Northwestern Boundary Dispute” between United States and British/Canadian settlers.
- 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.
- 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.
- October 16, 1859 – John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
- October 26, 1859 – The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.
- November 1, 1859 – The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.
- November 15, 1859 – The first modern revival of the Olympic Games takes place in Athens, Greece.
- November 24, 1859 – Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species, the anniversary of which is sometimes called “Evolution Day”
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