Births on October 29

Jacques Curie

Born on October 29, 1856

Jacques Curie, French physicist and academic (d. 1941)

Jacques Curie (29 October 1855 – 19 February 1941) was a French physicist and professor of mineralogy at the University of Montpellier. Along with his younger brother, Pierre Curie, he studied pyroelectricity in the 1880s, leading to their discovery of some of the mechanisms behind piezoelectricity.He is buried in the Saint-Lazare cemetery in Montpellier.

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Events on 1856

11 Feb

Wajid Ali Shah
The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta.
1 May

Isabela II
The Province of Isabela was created in the Philippines in honor of Queen Isabela II.
21 May

Sacking of Lawrence
Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.
22 May

Preston Brooks
Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made regarding Southerners and slavery.
17 Nov

Gadsden Purchase
American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.

Births on October 29

Jacques Curie

Born on October 29, 1856

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Events on 1856

Wajid Ali Shah

Isabela II

Sacking of Lawrence

Preston Brooks

Gadsden Purchase