Timeline July 1856

Events in July 1856 3

• 1776 – 1856 Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856) Died 9 July 1856, aged 80 Avogadro, an Italian scientist, died in Turin. He is best known for Avogadro's hypothesis, proposed in 1811, that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules. The concept underpins Avogadro's number, a cornerstone of modern chemistry, though it was not widely accepted until after his death.
• 1810 – 1856 Robert Schumann Romantic composer & critic German Romantic composer known for his piano works, Lieder and symphonies. He championed the music of Chopin and Brahms in his influential writings.
• 1856 Natal becomes a separate British colony Colony of Natal split from the Cape Colony On 1 July 1856, Natal was proclaimed a separate British colony, with its own legislative council, after previously being administered as part of the Cape Colony. The colony, centered on Pietermaritzburg and the port of Durban, drew British settlers to the sugar-growing region on South Africa's east coast. It later became one of the founding provinces of the Union of South Africa in 1910.