Historical Events In 1851

Oct 16   In the year 1851 james Ten Eyck, champion rower/coach (Ten Eyck Trophy namesake)   

Oct 21   George Ulyett, cricketer (great Yorkshire all-rounder 1873-93) in the year 1851.   

Oct 23   On this day in history guillaume Couture, composer   

Oct 24   William Lassell discovers Ariel & Umbriel, satellites of Uranus on this day in history.   

Oct 24   In the year 1851 william Lassell discovers Ariel andUmbriel, satellites of Uranus   

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

Oct 31   Peter II Petrovic Njegos, bishop of Montenegro (1830-51), dies at 37 in the year 1851.   

Nov 02   In the year 1851 louis Napoleon takes power in France   

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

Nov 06   In the year 1851 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.   

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   Alvan Clark patents telescope on this day in history.   

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

Nov 14   "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published on this day in history.   

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

Nov 20   Wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 22   Opera "La Perle Du Brésil" is produced (Paris) in the year 1851.   

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 in the year 1851.   

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   On this day in history first Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal)   

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

Dec 10   On this day in history the birth of Melvil Dewey, Devised the library classification system   

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

Dec 19   In the year 1851 j M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76   

Dec 22   The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India on this day in history.   

Dec 24   Fire devastates Library of Congress in Wash, destroys 35,000 volumes on this day in history.   

Dec 24   In the year 1851 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   On this day in history the first YMCA in the USA is organized in Boston.   

Dec 30   Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola in the year 1851.   

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Jan 09   In the year 1851 birth of giuseppi Gallignani, composer   

Jan 14   In the year 1851 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   In the year 1851 birth of david Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford)   

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

Jan 25   On this day in history birth of arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)   

Jan 25   Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg) was born in the year 1851.   

Jan 27   On this day in history birth of rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega)   

Jan 10   Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775) died on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1851 johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72   

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   On this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53   

Feb 16   On this day in history anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95