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| Born : | 06/30/1853 | Adolf Furtw„ngler, German archaeologist (Antiken Gemmen) |
| Born : | 04/22/1853 | Alphonse Bertillon, France, anthropologist, devised crime ID system |
| Born : | 01/16/1853 | Andr‚ Michelin, France, industrialist/tire manufacturer (Michelin) |
| Born : | 03/05/1853 | Arthur Foote, Salem Mass, organist/composer (Suite for Strings in E) |
| Born : | 02/18/1853 | August Belmont Jr, breeder of Man 'O War/founded NY Jockey Club |
| Born : | 07/05/1853 | Cecil John Rhodes, South Africa, politician/diamond merchant |
| Born : | 12/09/1853 | Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, Rochester NY, pitcher (60-12 in 1884) |
| Born : | 09/17/1853 | Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Geschichte of the patristischen) |
| Born : | 07/29/1853 | Esther de Boer-of Rich, actress (Kniertje-Hope of Blessing) |
| Born : | 09/09/1853 | Frederick R Spofforth, Australia, cricketer (Demon) |
| Born : | 07/20/1853 | Geo[rge] Poggenbeek, water colors painter |
| Born : | 03/20/1853 | George Godfrey, Chelsea Mass, heavyweight boxer (Old Chocolate) |
| Born : | 01/12/1853 | Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (tensor analysis) |
| Born : | 09/21/1853 | Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913) |
| Born : | 07/18/1853 | Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902) |
| Born : | 12/17/1853 | Herbert Beerbohm Tree, England, actor/theater manager (Trilby) |
| Born : | 09/04/1853 | Hermann von Wissmann, German African explorer/governor East-Africa |
| Born : | 11/21/1853 | Hoessein Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17) |
| Born : | 03/05/1853 | Howard Pyle, illustrator/painter/author (King Stork) |
| Born : | 12/21/1853 | Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter) |
| Born : | 02/14/1853 | Jan van R˜sw˜ck, Flemish journalist/mayor (Antwerp) |
| Born : | 02/17/1853 | Jaroslav Vrchlicky, [Emil Fr¡da], Czech poet (1 night on Karlstein) |
| Born : | 12/15/1853 | Jean BA Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies |
| Born : | 08/12/1853 | Jean Louis Nicode, composer |
| Born : | 12/13/1853 | Joseph Sickman Corsen, Cura‡aos musician/composer/screenwriter |
| Born : | 01/28/1853 | Jos‚ Mart¡ y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician |
| Born : | 11/01/1853 | Jos‚ Santos Zelaya, (L), ruler of Nicaragua (1893-1910) |
| Born : | 02/09/1853 | Leander Starr Jameson, PM of South African Cape colony |
| Born : | 10/13/1853 | Lillie Langtry, [Jersey Lily], vaudevillian actress |
| Born : | 09/23/1853 | Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar |
| Born : | 12/14/1853 | Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas) |
| Born : | 03/30/1853 | Vincent van Gogh, Holland, artist who always lent an ear (Irises) |
| Born : | 09/02/1853 | Wilhelm Ostwald, Germany, physical chemist (Nobel 1909) |
| Born : | 07/23/1853 | William H Gillette, actor, portrayed Sherlock Holmes on stage |
| Died : | 02/03/1853 | August Kopisch, German writer (M„useturm), dies at 53 |
| Died : | 04/23/1853 | Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies |
| Died : | 06/18/1853 | Branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising), dies |
| Died : | 10/02/1853 | D Fran‡ois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist (chromosome), dies |
| Died : | 07/25/1853 | Joaquin Murietta, Chilian/Us military man, murdered |
| Died : | 04/25/1853 | William Beaumont, physiologist, dies |
| Special : | 01/08/1853 | 1st US bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Wash |
| Special : | 09/15/1853 | 1st US woman ordained a minister, Antoinette Blackwell |
| Special : | 09/11/1853 | 1st electric telegraph in use, Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos |
| Special : | 10/19/1853 | 1st flour mill in Hawaii begins operations |
| Special : | 05/06/1853 | 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| Special : | 08/24/1853 | 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY) |
| Special : | 01/01/1853 | 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service |
| Special : | 09/24/1853 | 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt) |
| Special : | 04/18/1853 | 1st train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km) |
| Special : | 07/18/1853 | 1st train to cross US-Canada boundary, Portland, Me.-Montr‚al, PQ |
| Special : | 04/05/1853 | A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #24 Themis |
| Special : | 07/09/1853 | Adm Perry & US Navy visit Japan |
| Special : | 05/01/1853 | Argentina adopts it's constitution |
| Special : | 04/05/1853 | Asteroid 24, Themis discovered |
| Special : | 04/06/1853 | Asteroid 25, Phocaea discovered |
| Special : | 10/02/1853 | Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land |
| Special : | 05/23/1853 | Buenos Aires gains independence from Argentina (reunited 1859) |
| Special : | 04/01/1853 | Cincinnati became 1st US city to pay firefighters a regular salary |
| Special : | 07/14/1853 | Commodore Perry requests trade relations with Japan |
| Special : | 07/08/1853 | Commodore Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay |
| Special : | 07/18/1853 | Completion of Grand Trunk Line, Americas 1st intl railroad |
| Special : | 04/05/1853 | DeGasparis discovers his 7th asteroid, Themis (24) |
| Special : | 05/31/1853 | Elisha Kane's Arctic expedition leaves NY aboard Advance |
| Special : | 09/29/1853 | Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348 |
| Special : | 01/30/1853 | Emperor Napoleon III marries Eug‚nie Maria de Montijo y de Guzman |
| Special : | 01/21/1853 | Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester, Mass |
| Special : | 09/24/1853 | France annexes Caledonia |
| Special : | 05/14/1853 | Gail Borden applies for patent for condensed milk |
| Special : | 04/20/1853 | Harriet Tubman starts Underground Railroad |
| Special : | 04/06/1853 | J Chacornac discovers asteroid #25 Phocaea |
| Special : | 11/08/1853 | J R Hind discovers asteroid #27 Euterpe |
| Special : | 07/06/1853 | National Black convention meets (Rochester NY) |
| Special : | 09/24/1853 | Northern Daily Times, 1st provincial daily newspaper, starts in London |
| Special : | 11/28/1853 | Olympia established as capital of Washington Territory |
| Special : | 03/06/1853 | Opera "La Traviata" is produced (Venice) |
| Special : | 11/09/1853 | Origin of Carrington rotation numbers for rotation of Sun |
| Special : | 05/05/1853 | R Luther discovers asteroid #26 Proserpina |
| Special : | 11/17/1853 | Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections |
| Special : | 03/02/1853 | Territory of Washington organized |
| Special : | 05/06/1853 | Train falls off bridge in S Norwalk Ct; 46 drown |
| Special : | 03/03/1853 | US Assay Office in NYC authorized |
| Special : | 04/17/1853 | US Marine Hospital at Presidio (SF) established |
| Special : | 02/21/1853 | US authorizes minting of $3 gold pieces |
| Special : | 01/19/1853 | Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiers, in Rome |
| Special : | 03/04/1853 | William Rufus de Vane King (D) sworn in as 13th US VP |
| Special : | 07/06/1853 | William Wells Brown publishes "Clotel," 1st novel by black American |
| Special : | 09/06/1853 | Women's Right's Convention met (NYC) |
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