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Alexandre Pierre François Boëly
1858 Dec, 27

Alexandre Pierre François Boëly

Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785)
Alexandre Pierre-François Boëly (19 April 1785 – 27 December 1858) was a French composer, organist, pianist, and violist.

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  • 11 Feb

    Lourdes apparitions

    Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France.
  • 5 Aug

    Transatlantic telegraph cable

    Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
  • 16 Aug

    Transatlantic telegraph cable

    U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
  • 20 Aug

    Evolution

    Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory.