A year in the life: 1859

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Month

Day

Event

Source of information

Notes

January

 

 

 

 

February

 

 

 

 

March

No days

Lane Fox nominated to become member of the Royal Geographical Society by Henry Rawlinson and RI Murchison

Chapman, 1981: Chapter 1

 

April

11

Lane Fox attends meeting of Royal Geographical Society [RGS]

The Times 13 April 1859

 

April

12, 14 or 15

Lane Fox's 32nd birthday

See 1827 for uncertainty about exact date

 

May

7

Lane Fox attends Her Majesty's Drawing Room

The Times 9 May 1859

 

June

13

Lane Fox attends meeting of RGS

The Times 16 June 1859

 

July

8

Death of William Frederick Pitt-Rivers, third son and heir of 4th Baron Rivers

See here

One of the chain of links that led to Pitt-Rivers inheritance

August

27

First daughter, Ursula, born

Thompson, 1977: 123

 

September

 

 

 

 

October

 

 

 

 

November

24

Publication of first edition of The Origin of Species ...' by Charles Darwin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species

 

December

 

 

 

 

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