In history, year 1859 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1859.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 04 february | German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovered theCodex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, inSaint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt. |
| 17 february | The French Navy captured the Citadel of Saigon, a fortress that was manned by 1,000 Nguy?n Dynasty soldiers, en route to conquering Saigon and other regions of southern Vietnam. |
| 04 april | Bryant's Minstrels premiered the popular American songs 'Dixie's New York City as part of their blackface minstrel show. |
| 06 june | Queen Victoria signed letters patent separating the colony ofQueensland from New South Wales. |
| 15 june | The shooting of a pig in the San Juan Islands led to the so-called Pig War over the border between the United States and BritishNorth America. |
| 30 june | French acrobat Charles Blondin crossed Niagara Gorge on atightrope, turning him into one of the world's most famous tightropewalkers. |
| 08 july | Charles XV was accepted as king to throne of Sweden and Norway. His reign ended till his death 1872. In reality he was the 9th king of Sweden but adopted the numerals in name according to fictional history of Sweden. |
| 27 august | Edwin Drake successfully drilled for oil in Titusville,Pennsylvania, US, resulting in the Pennsylvania oil rush and the birthof the modern oil industry. |
| 17 september | Disgruntled with the legal and political structures of theUnited States, Joshua Norton distributed letters to various newspapersin San Francisco, proclaiming himself Emperor Norton. |
| 16 october | Hoping to start an armed slave revolt, American abolitionistJohn Brown led a raid on the Harpers Ferry Armory in Harpers Ferry, WestVirginia. |
| 15 november | Sponsored by businessman Evangelos Zappas, the first modernrevival of the Olympic Games took place in Athens, Greece. |
| 24 november | On the Origin of Species by British naturalist Charles Darwinwas first published, and sold out its initial print run on the firstday. |
| 24 June | The Solforino War of Austria with France and Sardenia took place. |
| 28 October | Spain declared war against the African country of Morocco. |
| 17 August | The letters were sent for the first time through a hot air balloon. \ |
| 27 August | Dorabji Tata, who laid the foundation of Tata Steel, was born in Mumbai. |
| 24 January | Oil was dug for oil for a depth of 230 meters for the first time. |
| 18 April | The leader of the 1857 rebellion Tatya Tope was hanged. |
| 28 January | The city of Olympia was incorporated into the state of Washington, United States. |
| 14 February | Oregon was accepted as the 33rd US state. |
| 21 March | The Scotland National Gallery opened in Edinburgh. |
| 06 April | The US recognized the Liberal government in the Mexico War for reform. |
| 30 May | Battle of Fetto: The Sardinian army defeated the Austrian army. |
| 30 June | Comstock silver laud was discovered in Nevada. |
| 27 August | First oil by Edwin Drake came out near Titusville Penn. |
| 02 September | Gas lighting introduced for Hawaii. |
| 26 October | The steamship Royal Charter was broken off the coast of Welles in England, killing 658 people. |
| 15 November | The first Zappa Olympics were started in Greece. |
| 04 December | The Maketeb-e Mulkiyya school was established in the Ottoman Empire. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 01 November | Charles Brantley Aycock / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 06 July | Verner von Heidenstam / Poet / Sweden |
| 08 April | Edmund Husserl / Philosopher / Germany |
| 09 October | Alfred Dreyfus / Colonel / France |
| 10 June | Emanuel Nobel / Business Man / Russia |
| 11 September | Vjenceslav Novak / Author / Croatia |
| 12 March | Abraham H. Cannon / Religious Leader / United States of America |
| 12 May | William Alden Smith / Politician / United States of America |
| 14 February | George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. / Engineer / United States of America |
| 14 July | Willy Hess / Educator / Germany |
| 15 November | Christopher Hornsrud / Politician / Norway |
| 16 September | Yuan Shikai / Politician / China |
| 17 December | Paul César Helleu / Painter / France |
| 18 September | Lincoln Loy McCandless / Politician / United States of America |
| 21 December | Gustave Kahn / Poet / France |
| 24 September | Julius Klengel / Composer / Germany |
| 26 March | A. E. Housman / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 27 March | George Giffen / Cricketer / Australia |
| 29 December | Venustiano Carranza / Politician / Mexico |
| 30 July | Henry Simpson Lunn / Politician / United Kingdom |