Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1859. 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking on 1–2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong auroral displays that were reported...

The 1859 revival may refer to a number of different Christian revivals: 1859 Ulster revival 1859 Welsh revival The 1857–59 revival in the United States...

Africa, was fought from Spain's declaration of war on Morocco on 22 October 1859 until the Treaty of Wad-Ras on 26 April 1860. It began with a conflict over...

The year 1859 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. May 26 & June 2 – Geologist Joseph Prestwich and amateur archaeologist...

Events from the year 1859 in art. March 22 – Scottish National Gallery opens to the public in Edinburgh in neoclassical premises designed by W. H. Playfair...

legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1858 and 1859, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative...

on various dates in various states between June 7, 1858, and December 1, 1859. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives...

The 1859 United Kingdom general election in Ireland produced the last overall victory for the Conservatives in Ireland. They won a majority of seats on...

The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, between...

Édouard Michelin (23 June 1859 – 25 August 1940) was a French industrialist. He was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Édouard and his elder brother André...

Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1850, and ended on December 31, 1859. It was a very turbulent decade, as wars such as the Crimean War, shifted...

(SNCOs) of the United States Marine Corps. The NCO sword was adopted in 1859 and is patterned after the United States Army's foot officers' sword of 1850...

1859 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Events 14 May — Melbourne Football Club is founded 17 May — Australian rules football is codified...

The 1859 United Kingdom general election returned Liberal Party to a majority of seats (356 out of 654) in the House of Commons. The Earl of Derby's Conservatives...

the theory of evolution by natural selection proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859. Charles Darwin gave new direction to morphology and physiology, by uniting...

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1859. c. January – Tidskrift för hemmet (Home Review), the first women's magazine...

The year 1859 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. May 28 – All Saints, Margaret Street, London, designed...

1855, laid down on 1 April 1856 at Portsmouth, and launched on 12 November 1859. She cost a total of £150,578 (equivalent to £11,764,000 in 2010) and had...

government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that began in 1859 and ended in 1866 consisted of two ministries: the second Palmerston ministry...

1859 Kovalevskaya, provisional designation 1972 RS2, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 40 kilometers...

on 1 May 1859, while Charles Lennox Wyke, British consul in Guatemala, traveled to Great Britain and got royal approval on 26 September 1859. American...

von Zweibrücken, before 1792 Graf von Forbach, (30 August 1782 – 25 April 1859) was a Bavarian General der Kavallerie, and later Generalkapitän of the Leibgarde...

Home" Sarah Lancaster "Thou Art the Queen of My Song" Stephen Foster In 1859, John Freeman Young published the English translation of Silent Night that...

Events from the year 1859 in Canada. Monarch — Victoria Parliament — 6th Governor General of the Province of Canada — Edmund Walker Head Colonial Governor...

a finer length-to-beam ratio and improved lines in HMS Defiance." In the 1859 programme the two types were merged to produce a 91-gun ship with the dimensions...

Мария Павловна; 16 February [O.S. 5 February] 1786 – 23 June [O.S. 11 June] 1859) was a grand duchess of Russia as the daughter of Paul I, Emperor of all...

The 1859 Ulster revival was a Christian revival in Ulster which spread to the rest of the United Kingdom. It has been reported that the revival produced...

section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from 1820 to 1859. 1820 – Massachusetts divided in two with the admission of Maine as a state...

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that began in 1858 and ended in 1859 was led by Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby in the House of Lords...