1859

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1820s  1830s  1840s  – 1850s –  1860s  1870s  1880s
Years:	1856 1857 1858 – 1859 – 1860 1861 1862

1859 Media

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  1859-60 AD: Before the unification of Italy and Germany.

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  June 24: Napoleon III of France defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Solferino.

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  Origin of Species title page

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  Louise DeKoven Bowen (February 26, 1859 - November 9, 1953) was an American philanthropist, community leader, and suffragist

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  Jacqueline Comerre-Paton

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  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Dora Knowlton Ranous

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  Wilhelm Grimm

1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1859th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 859th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1850s decade. As of the start of 1859, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• The Suez Canal begins to be built in Egypt.
• January 24 - Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza under the name Romania (see December 1 1918 for the final unification, Transylvania and other regions are still missing at that time).

Deaths

• Date unknown – Mahmud Bayazidi, Kurdish polymath
• John Brown