Page 6: Historical Events In 1850

Oct 11   Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 17   On this day in history james Young obtains a patent for the extraction of paraffin from shale, the beginning of the paraffin industry in West Lothian   

Oct 17   In the year 1850 knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized   

Oct 18   On this day in history francis Thome, composer   

Oct 19   In the year 1850 annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat   

Nov 05   Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69 in the year 1850.   

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   Karel Komzak, composer in the year 1850.   

Nov 09   On this day in history lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist   

Nov 13   On this day in history robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island)   

Nov 13   The birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, British author in the year 1850.   

Nov 19   Alfred Tennyson becomes England's Poet Laureate until his death in 1892 in the year 1850.   

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

Nov 20   In the year 1850 arthor Goring Thomas, composer   

Nov 26   In the year 1850 henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929)   

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   In the year 1850 peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer   

Dec 13   In the year 1850 g F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G )   

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 20   Hawaiian post office established on this day in history.   

Dec 21   Zdenek Fibich, composer in the year 1850.   

Dec 27   On this day in history hawaiian Fire Department established   

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Dept established in the year 1850.   

Dec 28   Rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire on this day in history.   

Dec 28   In the year 1850 rangoon, Burma, destroyed by fire   

Dec 29   Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1850 birth of eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha)   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of john Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891)   

Jan 11   J C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts) was born in the year 1850.   

Jan 11   Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist was born in the year 1850.   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of leon Francis Victor Caron, composer   

Jan 14   Jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor was born in the year 1850.   

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

Jan 14   In the year 1850 anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93   

Jan 20   In the year 1850 death of adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779)   

Jan 22   On this day in history vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln died in the year 1850.   

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