Historical Events In 1850

Oct 11   Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38 in the year 1850.   

Oct 12   1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens in the year 1850.   

Oct 17   James Young obtains a patent for the extraction of paraffin from shale, the beginning of the paraffin industry in West Lothian in the year 1850.   

Oct 17   On this day in history knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized   

Oct 18   In the year 1850 francis Thome, composer   

Oct 19   On this day in history annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat   

Nov 05   On this day in history ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69   

Nov 06   On this day in history 1st Hawaiian fire engine   

Nov 06   Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use on this day in history.   

Nov 08   On this day in history karel Komzak, composer   

Nov 09   In the year 1850 lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist   

Nov 13   In the year 1850 robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island)   

Nov 13   On this day in history the birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, British author   

Nov 19   Alfred Tennyson becomes England's Poet Laureate until his death in 1892 on this day in history.   

Nov 19   On this day in history lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate   

Nov 20   On this day in history arthor Goring Thomas, composer   

Nov 26   Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929) on this day in history.   

Nov 29   In the year 1850 the treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.   

Dec 01   Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer in the year 1850.   

Dec 13   G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G ) in the year 1850.   

Dec 16   On this day in history fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)   

Dec 16   History of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton in the year 1850.   

Dec 20   Hawaiian post office established in the year 1850.   

Dec 21   Zdenek Fibich, composer in the year 1850.   

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Department established on this day in history.   

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Dept established in the year 1850.   

Dec 28   Rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire in the year 1850.   

Dec 28   Rangoon, Burma, destroyed by fire in the year 1850.   

Dec 29   On this day in history tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer   

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Jan 05   Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher was born in the year 1850.   

Jan 06   Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha) was born in the year 1850.   

Jan 10   In the year 1850 birth of john Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891)   

Jan 11   J C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1850 birth of philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist   

Jan 13   In the year 1850 birth of leon Francis Victor Caron, composer   

Jan 14   Jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93   

Jan 20   Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779) died on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54 in the year 1850.   

Jan 26   On this day in history francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies   

Jan 27   J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85 in the year 1850.   

Feb 01   On this day in history death of edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln   

Feb 25   In the year 1850 death of daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)