Page 5: Historical Events In 1849

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

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

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

Sep 13   On this day in history the first US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy)   

Sep 14   Ivan Pavlov, Russia, physiologist/pioneer in psychology (Nobel 1904) on this day in history.   

Sep 17   On this day in history vaclav Juda Novotny, composer   

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

Sep 19   On this day in history 1st commercial laundry established, in Oaklan, California   

Sep 19   On this day in history first commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California   

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

Sep 22   John Godden, English explorer (Curacao) on this day in history.   

Sep 23   In the year 1849 mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer   

Sep 25   Johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

Sep 28   On this day in history dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium)   

Sep 29   1st passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad) in the year 1849.   

Sep 29   First passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad) on this day in history.   

Sep 29   In the year 1849 ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer   

Oct 03   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 on this day in history.   

Oct 06   Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" in the year 1849.   

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

Oct 07   Edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40 on this day in history.   

Oct 07   James Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (Raggedy Man) in the year 1849.   

Oct 16   Arnold Krug, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 16   On this day in history avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania   

Oct 16   George Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies on this day in history.   

Oct 17   On this day in history frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39   

Oct 19   On this day in history elizabeth Blackwell became first woman in US to receive medical degree   

Oct 30   In the year 1849 johan Willem, son of Dutch princess Marianne & coachman   

Nov 01   Dutch govt of Thorbecke forms on this day in history.   

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

Nov 08   In the year 1849 edward Julius Biedermann, composer   

Nov 13   Peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California in the year 1849.   

Nov 13   In the year 1849 william Etty, English painter (nudist), dies at 62   

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

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Jan 09   In the year 1849 birth of john Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (d. 1935)   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (bath house)   

Jan 12   In the year 1849 birth of jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935)   

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

Jan 22   August Strindberg, Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia) was born in the year 1849.   

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   In the year 1849 birth of lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father   

Jan 09   On this day in history jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83   

Jan 16   In the year 1849 wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69   

Jan 26   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 09   On this day in history corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76   

Feb 13   Christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44   

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