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* 1859 – The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lit for the first time.
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* John Austin ( legal philosopher ) ( 1790 – 1859 ), English jurist
In 1859, Nobel's father left his factory in the care of the second son, Ludvig Nobel ( 1831 – 1888 ), who greatly improved the business.
* 1859 – Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
* 1779 – Carl Ritter, German geographer ( d. 1859 )
* 1785 – Thomas De Quincey, English author ( d. 1859 )
* 1859 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager ( d. 1931 )
* 1859 – The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
* 1859 – Katharine Lee Bates, American poet ( d. 1929 )
* Alexander John Cuza, prince of Romania ( 1859 – 1866 )
* 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.
* 1859 – Matilda Howell, American archer ( d. 1938 )
* 1859 – Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer ( d. 1943 )
* 1917 – L. L. Zamenhof, Polish creator of Esperanto ( b. 1859 )
* 1859 – Knut Hamsun, Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1952 )
* 1859 – British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.
* 1944 – William Stephens, American politician ( b. 1859 )
* 1803 – James Curtiss, American politician, Mayor of Chicago ( d. 1859 )
* 1859 – Walter Camp, American football player, coach, and writer ( d. 1925 )
* 1943 – Alexandre Millerand, French politician, President of France ( b. 1859 )
Alfred Edward Housman (; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936 ), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.
* Page, Norman, ‘ Housman, Alfred Edward ( 1859 – 1936 )’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ( Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004 )
His siblings included Sarah ( 1802 – 1859 ), Naphtali ( 1807 ), Ralph ( 1809 – 1898 ), and James ( 1813 – 1868 ).
The Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister 1855 – 58, 1859 – 65
1859 and current
The current limits of the Spanish territory around the fortress were fixed by treaties with Morocco in 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1894.
By 1859, the University had moved to its current site in the Sydney suburb of Camperdown.
The current Senate Chamber opened in 1859 and is adorned with white marble busts of the former Presidents of the Senate ( Vice Presidents ).
The current courthouse was built in 1859 by the George Moore and Sons company.
On December 8, 1859, the county was re-created and the borders were redrawn to essentially their current state.
File: Vermilion County Illinois 1859. png | In 1859 the additional territory was split off as Ford County, reducing Vermilion to its current borders.
File: Ford County Illinois 1859. png | The creation of Douglas and Ford Counties in 1859 resulted in Illinois ' current county map.
File: Douglas County Illinois 1859. png | The creation of Douglas and Ford Counties in 1859 resulted in Illinois ' current county map.
File: Coles County Illinois 1859. png | Coles County reduced to its current size in 1859 by the creation of Douglas County
The city was incorporated and changed to its current name in 1859.
Although Gold Beach had been a community since the middle of the 19th century, and the county seat since 1859, its current incorporation charter only dates to 1945.
In 1859, the US Army established a new Fort Colville at Pinkney City, about 1. 5 miles NE of the current city of Colville.
The current infestation appears to have originated with the release of 24 wild rabbits by Thomas Austin on his property, Barwon Park, near Winchelsea, Victoria, in October 1859 for hunting purposes.
Banbury remained without a cross for more than 250 years until the current Banbury Cross was erected in 1859 at the centre of the town to commemorate the marriage of Victoria, Princess Royal ( eldest child of Queen Victoria ) to Prince Frederick of Prussia.
In 1859 the school moved to a new building next to the presbytery of the church, opposite the current site.
On February 14, 1859, the territory entered the Union as the U. S. state of Oregon within its current boundaries.
It gradually gained in stature and importance during the 19th century and moved to its current Parisian location, avenue de la République, in 1859.
The United States Senate established its first press gallery in 1841, and both the House of Representatives and Senate set aside galleries for reporters when they moved into their current chambers in 1857 and 1859.
The original wood structure was replaced by the current brick and concrete one in 1859.
A timber bridge was constructed in 1859, west of the current bridge, and named the Old Frome Bridge.
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