Page 5: Historical Events In 1849

Sep 10   On this day in history 1st performance by US actor Edwin Booth (Richard III)   

Sep 10   Edwin Booth, later to assassinate president Abraham Lincoln, makes his acting debut on this day in history.   

Sep 13   1st US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy) in the year 1849.   

Sep 13   The first US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy) on this day in history.   

Sep 14   On this day in history ivan Pavlov, Russia, physiologist/pioneer in psychology (Nobel 1904)   

Sep 17   In the year 1849 vaclav Juda Novotny, composer   

Sep 18   De Kempenaer's Dutch govt resigns on this day in history.   

Sep 19   In the year 1849 1st commercial laundry established, in Oaklan, California   

Sep 19   In the year 1849 first commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California   

Sep 21   On this day in history edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son)   

Sep 22   On this day in history john Godden, English explorer (Curacao)   

Sep 23   Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer in the year 1849.   

Sep 25   Johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 45 in the year 1849.   

Sep 28   Dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium) in the year 1849.   

Sep 29   On this day in history 1st passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad)   

Sep 29   In the year 1849 first passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad)   

Sep 29   Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 03   On this day in history american author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.   

Oct 06   Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" on this day in history.   

Oct 06   In the year 1849 the execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.   

Oct 07   On this day in history edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40   

Oct 07   In the year 1849 james Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (Raggedy Man)   

Oct 16   Arnold Krug, composer in the year 1849.   

Oct 16   Avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania in the year 1849.   

Oct 16   In the year 1849 george Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies   

Oct 17   Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 in the year 1849.   

Oct 19   Elizabeth Blackwell became first woman in US to receive medical degree on this day in history.   

Oct 30   Johan Willem, son of Dutch princess Marianne & coachman in the year 1849.   

Nov 01   On this day in history dutch govt of Thorbecke forms   

Nov 05   In the year 1849 rui Barbosa, Brazil, statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties   

Nov 08   Edward Julius Biedermann, composer in the year 1849.   

Nov 13   Peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California on this day in history.   

Nov 13   On this day in history william Etty, English painter (nudist), dies at 62   

Nov 15   1st US poultry show opens in Boston on this day in history.   

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Jan 09   John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (d. 1935) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (bath house) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   In the year 1849 birth of august Strindberg, Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia)   

Feb 02   In the year 1849 birth of pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (d. 1921)   

Feb 04   Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 13   Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69 in the year 1849.   

Jan 26   In the year 1849 death of thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45   

Feb 08   France Preseren, Slovenian poet (Sonetni Venec), dies at 48 in the year 1849.   

Feb 09   In the year 1849 corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76   

Feb 13   In the year 1849 christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61   

Feb 15   In the year 1849 pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44   

Feb 22   In the year 1849 alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28