1859 Calendar
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1859 Historical Event(s)
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.
May 4, 1859
– The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England.
June 30, 1859
– French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
August 16, 1859
– The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
September 1, 1859
– Solar Superstorm
October 22, 1859
– Spain declares war on Morocco.
November 24, 1859
– Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species, the anniversary of which is sometimes called “Evolution Day”
Who Were Born On 1859?
January 27, 1859
– Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (d. 1941)
March 2, 1859
– Sholom Aleichem, Russian novelist (d. 1916)
March 16, 1859
– Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (d. 1906)
March 26, 1859
– Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (d. 1936)
April 7, 1859
– Walter Camp, sports authority known as the “Father of American Football” (d. 1925)
April 8, 1859
– Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (d. 1938)
May 3, 1859
– Andy Adams, American author (d. 1935)
May 22, 1859
– Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish physician and writer (d. 1930)
September 21, 1859
– Francesc Macià i Llussà, Catalan politician (d. 1933)
December 29, 1859
– Venustiano Carranza, 54th President of Mexico (d. 1920)