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1859 In Sweden
Events from the year 1859 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Oscar I of Sweden, Oscar I, then Charles XV of Sweden, Charles XV Events * 8 July – Charles XV of Sweden, Charles XV succeeded his father Oscar I of Sweden * The Swedish Art Music Society is founded. * Inauguration of the ''Stora Teatern'' in Gothenburg. * The beginning of the ''Tidskrift för hemmet'', the first women's magazine in the Nordic countries. * The post of college teacher and lower official at public institutions are open to women. * The first institute for the intellectually disabled is founded by Sophia Wilkens. * The first seminar for adult women, ''Lärokurs för fruntimmer'' is opened in the capital, resulting in the foundation of the Royal Seminary two years later. * Women are explicitly permitted to engage freely and without restrictions in any type of retail business in both the cities as well as the countryside and to manage village general stores without inheriti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1859
Events January–March * January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico. * January 24 ( O. S.) – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania since 1866, final unification takes place on December 1, 1918; Transylvania and other regions are still missing at that time). * January 28 – The city of Olympia is incorporated in the Washington Territory of the United States of America. * February 2 – Miguel Miramón (1832–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico. * February 4 – German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovers the ''Codex Sinaiticus'', a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery on the foot of Mount Sinai, in the Khedivate of Egypt. * February 14 – Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state. * February 12 – The Mekteb-i Mülkiye School is founded in the Ottoman Empire. * February 17 – French naval forces under Charles Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Jungstedt
Axel Adolf Harald Jungstedt (17 March 1859 – 14 March 1933) was a Swedish painter and professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. He is represented with paintings at the Gothenburg Art Museum, the National Gallery of Denmark, and the National Gallery of Norway, and contributed with decorations of the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm Opera House. Biography Axel Adolf Harald Jungstedt was born on 17 March 1859 in Norrköping in Östergötland, Sweden, the son of Johan Nils Jungstedt and Matilda Sundius. He was the brother of opera singer Matilda Jungstedt. Jungstedt studied with Edvard Perséus at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts from 1878 to 1883. After completing his studies, he made study trips on academy scholarship from 1884–1888 to Italy, Germany and Switzerland. In Paris, he studied with William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905). He made summer trips to Switzerland in 1886 and 1887. He lived for some time in Munich and also visited Dresden and Berlin. In 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1799 In France
This article lists events from the year 1799 in France Incumbents * Until 10 November – the French Directory – five Directors * From 10 November – the French Consulate – three consuls Events * The French Revolutionary Wars resumed, with a number of campaigns * 9 November – Coup of 18 Brumaire * 10 November – disbanding of the French Directory, and establishment of the French Consulate Births * 20 May – Honoré de Balzac, novelist and playwright (died 1850) * 8 July – Oscar I of Sweden, king of Sweden and Norway (died 1859) * 9 July – Théophile Tilmant, violinist (died 1878) Deaths * 19 February – Jean-Charles de Borda, mathematician (born 1733) * 5 April – Honoré Fragonard, anatomist (born 1732) * 28 April – François Giroust, composer (born 1737) * 9 May – Claude Balbastre, composer (born 1724) * 18 May – Pierre Beaumarchais, playwright, watchmaker, satirist and revolutionary (born 1732) * 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Torsslow
Sara Fredrica Torsslow née ''Strömstedt'' (11 June 1795 - 18 June 1859) was a Swedish stage actress. She was one of the most famed actresses in Sweden during the first half of the 19th century, and an elite member of the Royal Dramatic Theatre.Nordensvan, Georg, Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar. Förra delen, 1772-1842, Bonnier, Stockholm, 1917 Swedish theatre and Swedish actors from Gustav III to our days. First Book 1772–1842' Life Sara Torsslow was born in Stockholm as the daughter of a spice merchant. In 1807, at the age of eleven, she was enrolled in the Royal Dramatic Training Academy, where she was instructed by Maria Franck, at that time an elite actress famed as a tragedienne of the Royal Dramatic Theatre. Career at the Royal Dramatic Theatre Sara Torsslow was engaged in the choir of the Royal Swedish Opera in 1811, but after having displayed talent as an actress in supporting roles, she was contracted as a premier actr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Gustaf Dahlbom
Anders Gustaf Dahlbom (3 March 1806 – 3 May 1859) was a Swedish entomologist. Dahlbom was born in Härberga parish in Östergötland County, son of a military surgeon. He matriculated at Lund University in 1825, completed his filosofie magister degree in 1829, became a docent of natural history in 1830, acting adjunct of entomology in 1841, adjunct in 1843 and keeper of the Entomological collections and professor extraordinary in 1857. Supported by public funds, he made several research journeys, especially to northern Sweden and the mountain regions, where he first accompanied his teacher, the dipterologist Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera. Biography Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He rec ..., as well as to other parts of the country and abroad, and published his observations in vario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Ekblom
Helena "Lena" Sophia Ekblom (24 June 1790 – 1859), known as ''Predikare-Lena'' ('Preacher-Lena') and ''Vita jungfrun'' ('White Maiden') was a Swedish writer and preacher.Ryan, Jerry. "Lena Ekblom: the folly of the Beatitudes." '' Cross Currents'' Spring 1998: 89+ (7 pages). Vol.48, Issue 1. GALE, A20627195. Retrieved 19 October 2012. Abstract: "Helena Jakobsdotter Ekblom preached with all simplicity and truthfulness and, as expected, was punished for it. She spread the virtues of being poor and meek, which was the very essence of Christ's Beatitudes, and how the kingdom of God would reward them with a fruitful life in the hereafter. The authorities at that time, however, denounced her preachings as subversive because her messages conveyed the implication that the rich and the powerful are bound to suffer and be punished." Life Helena Ekblom was born in Mellankärr in the Sankt Anna parish in Östergötland to the sailor Jacob Ekblom (d. 1804) and Brita Jansdotter (d. 1806 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
