What Happened In October 1854 - Historical Events 1854 October

Historical Events for October, 1854

1st » The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing.
6th » England: The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
9th » Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) or siege of Sebastopol begins.
21st » Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
25th » The Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade).

16th » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (d. 1938)
16th » Oscar Wilde, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1900)
18th » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
20th » Arthur Rimbaud, French poet (d. 1891)
24th » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (d. 1907)
26th » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (d. 1914)
28th » Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet (d. 1888)