Page 4: Historical Events In 1852

Aug 01   On this day in history sF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist   

Aug 03   In the year 1852 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths   

Aug 03   First intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths in the year 1852.   

Aug 05   Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Aug 08   Barend Barendse, actor/director (Wandering Jew) in the year 1852.   

Aug 11   On this day in history nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70   

Aug 15   On this day in history johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92   

Aug 20   Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard on this day in history.   

Aug 21   On this day in history benedetto Junck, composer   

Aug 21   On this day in history tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.   

Aug 21   In the year 1852 tlingit warriors destroy Hudson's Bay Company Fort Selkirk, Yukon after the HBC tries to break the Tlingit monopoly on trade with interior tribes.   

Aug 22   On this day in history alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (Political Struggle in Italy)   

Aug 30   Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901) in the year 1852.   

Aug 31   Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister on this day in history.   

Sep 03   Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm on this day in history.   

Sep 11   In the year 1852 olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R   

Sep 12   Hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain (L, 1908-16) on this day in history.   

Sep 14   18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Conn takes office on this day in history.   

Sep 14   Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington, dies at 83 in the year 1852.   

Sep 15   Jan E Matzeliger, Surinamese inventor (shoe lacing machine) on this day in history.   

Sep 20   Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro) on this day in history.   

Sep 23   On this day in history william Stewart Halsted, established 1st US surgical school   

Sep 24   A new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated on this day in history.   

Sep 24   In the year 1852 henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight   

Sep 25   Cornelis J Snijders, supreme commander of Dutch Navy (1910-18) in the year 1852.   

Sep 27   George L Aiken's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," premieres in Troy, NY on this day in history.   

Sep 28   Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1852.   

Sep 28   John [Denton Pinkstone] French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall in the year 1852.   

Sep 30   On this day in history charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist/composer   

Oct 02   In the year 1852 william Ramsay, chemist   

Oct 11   In the year 1852 the University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.   

Oct 15   Wilhelm Posse, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 16   On this day in history dutch Govt recognize Catholics right to organize   

Oct 22   In the year 1852 hans C E Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king, dies at 86   

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Jan 01   In the year 1852 birth of eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904)   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of james Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931)   

Jan 11   In the year 1852 birth of konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor (1920-21)   

Jan 12   Joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of frederick Corder, composer   

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa)   

Jan 29   Frederick Hymen Cowen, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa) was born in the year 1852.   

Jan 06   Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809) died in the year 1852.   

Jan 22   George Rodwell, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1852.   

Jan 25   In the year 1852 death of fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778)   

Feb 02   Francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   In the year 1852 micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies   

Feb 25   On this day in history thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies   

Feb 27   Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1852.   

Feb 29   John Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies in the year 1852.