What Happened In July 1854 In History

Historical Events for July, 1854

• 6th » In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
• 13th » In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General José María Yáñez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon.
• 28th » USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy, is commissioned.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1854

• 3rd » Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and theorist (d. 1928)
• 4th » Victor Babeș, Romanian physician and biologist (d. 1926)
• 4th » Bill Tilghman, American police officer (d. 1924)
• 12th » George Eastman, American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (d. 1933)
• 26th » Philippe Gaucher, French dermatologist (d. 1918)
• 31st » José Canalejas, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1912)

Famous Deaths for July 1854

• 4th » Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German academic and jurist (b. 1781)
• 6th » Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1789)

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