Page 5: Historical Events In 1851

Oct 16   James Ten Eyck, champion rower/coach (Ten Eyck Trophy namesake) in the year 1851.   

Oct 21   George Ulyett, cricketer (great Yorkshire all-rounder 1873-93) on this day in history.   

Oct 23   On this day in history guillaume Couture, composer   

Oct 24   On this day in history william Lassell discovers Ariel & Umbriel, satellites of Uranus   

Oct 24   On this day in history william Lassell discovers Ariel andUmbriel, satellites of Uranus   

Oct 30   Alfred de Mussets "Bettine," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

Oct 31   On this day in history peter II Petrovic Njegos, bishop of Montenegro (1830-51), dies at 37   

Nov 02   On this day in history louis Napoleon takes power in France   

Nov 06   Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (co-founded Dow Jones/1st editor of Wall St Journal) (d.1902) in the year 1851.   

Nov 06   U.S. Navy expedition under command of LT William Lewis Herndon, on a mission to explore the valley of the Amazon and its tributaries, reaches Iquitos in the jungle region of the upper Amazon after their departure from Lima, Peru in the year 1851.   

Nov 09   On this day in history kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.   

Nov 11   On this day in history alvan Clark patents telescope   

Nov 13   In the year 1851 1st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands & Orange"   

Nov 14   In the year 1851 "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published   

Nov 18   Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Nov 20   In the year 1851 wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75   

Nov 21   Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal on this day in history.   

Nov 22   On this day in history opera "La Perle Du Brésil" is produced (Paris)   

Nov 22   On this day in history the opera "La Perle Du Br‚sil" is produced (Paris)   

Dec 02   Newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic on this day in history.   

Dec 04   In the year 1851 pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France   

Dec 09   1st Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal) in the year 1851.   

Dec 09   First Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal) in the year 1851.   

Dec 10   Melvil[le Louis K] Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries in the year 1851.   

Dec 10   The birth of Melvil Dewey, Devised the library classification system in the year 1851.   

Dec 16   Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08) in the year 1851.   

Dec 19   On this day in history j M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76   

Dec 22   The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India in the year 1851.   

Dec 24   In the year 1851 fire devastates Library of Congress in Wash, destroys 35,000 volumes   

Dec 24   On this day in history fire devastates Library of Congress in Washington destroys 35,000 volumes   

Dec 29   1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston) in the year 1851.   

Dec 29   On this day in history first Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston)   

Dec 29   In the year 1851 the first YMCA in the USA is organized in Boston.   

Dec 30   On this day in history asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola   

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Jan 09   Giuseppi Gallignani, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of theophile EA de Bock, Dutch painter/etcher/drawer   

Jan 17   In the year 1851 birth of a. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. 1928)   

Jan 19   David Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1851 birth of johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer   

Jan 25   In the year 1851 birth of arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)   

Jan 25   In the year 1851 birth of jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg)   

Jan 27   Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775) died in the year 1851.   

Jan 12   Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 19   On this day in history death of esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805)   

Jan 21   In the year 1851 gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49   

Jan 24   Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jan 27   In the year 1851 john James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65   

Feb 01   In the year 1851 mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53   

Feb 16   Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95 on this day in history.