Historical Events in 1859
44 curated events dated to this year, and 173 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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Discovery of Oil at Drake Well Sparks Pennsylvania Petroleum Boom
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First Commercial Oil Well Drilled in Titusville
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Publication of 'Adam Bede'
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The Carrington Event Aurora
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Darwin Publishes On the Origin of Species
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John Stuart Mill Publishes 'On Liberty'
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Joseph Bazalgette's London Sewer System
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On the Origin of Species by Darwin
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Pasteur Disproves Spontaneous Generation
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Publication of 'A Tale of Two Cities'
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Publication of 'Idylls of the King'
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The Comstock Lode Silver Rush in Nevada
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Trial of John Brown
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Death of his wife, Mary Ann Whitehead
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Édouard Manet Paints The Absinthe Drinker
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Florence Nightingale Publishes 'Notes on Nursing'
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Francis Leopold McClintock's Search for Franklin
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Introduction of the Rabbit to Australia
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Kirchhoff and Bunsen Spectral Analysis
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Publication of 'The Poetical Works of Nathaniel Parker Willis'
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Publication of 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' (First Edition)
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Publication of 'Verses' Collection
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Tennyson's Idylls of the King — Castle and Camelot
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Titusville Oil Discovery Impacts Whaling
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William Morris's Marriage to Jane Burden
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Birth of Second Child, Louisa Prentiss
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Christina Rossetti Begins Volunteer Work at Highgate Penitentiary
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Education at Yale College
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Gaston Plante invents the rechargeable lead-acid battery in Paris
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Indigo Revolt in Bengal
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Involvement with John Brown's Cause
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Participation in the Battle of Castle Crags
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Publication of Edward FitzGerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
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Royal Albert Bridge Completed Using Caissons
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Swinburne's Rustication from Oxford
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Zulu 'Izibongo' Praise Poems First Transcribed
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1859 Royal Charter Storm
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Bible Translation into Zulu by Henry Schreuder
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Big Ben Clock Tower Completion
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Martin Delany Publishes 'Blake; or, The Huts of America'
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Mendocino War and Yuki People Killings
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Tabb's Education Begins
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First Balloon Flight in Australia
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Relocation to Preston, England
Poets alive in 1859
173 poets
Poets in 1859
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