Page 5: Historical Events In 1852

Oct 23   Jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer in the year 1852.   

Oct 24   Daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Oct 28   On this day in history gerhard M Roentgen, founder Fijenoord dockyard, dies at 57   

Oct 31   Mary E W Freeman, US writer (Revolt of Mother) in the year 1852.   

Nov 02   Franklin Pierce elected as president of US on this day in history.   

Nov 03   Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912) on this day in history.   

Nov 04   On this day in history count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.   

Nov 05   On this day in history the American Society of Civil Engineers is organized.   

Nov 07   Bohdan Borkowski, composer in the year 1852.   

Nov 12   On this day in history georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22   

Nov 18   Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Nov 18   State funeral of duke of Wellington (London) on this day in history.   

Nov 20   In the year 1852 charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks & Faces," premieres in London   

Nov 21   Duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College on this day in history.   

Nov 21   Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer in the year 1852.   

Nov 22   In the year 1852 august Alexander Klengel, composer, dies at 69   

Nov 22   On this day in history paul H B d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist   

Nov 23   Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m) on this day in history.   

Nov 25   Johan N Salvator, [Johann Orth], archduke of Austria in the year 1852.   

Nov 29   Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands in the year 1852.   

Dec 02   In the year 1852 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor   

Dec 05   On this day in history thomas Linnemann Laub, composer   

Dec 08   Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau on this day in history.   

Dec 15   Antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.   

Dec 16   In the year 1852 andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59   

Dec 16   The Evening Star newspaper begins publication in Washington, DC in the year 1852.   

Dec 17   On this day in history 1st Hawaiian cavalry organized   

Dec 17   The first Hawaiian cavalry organized on this day in history.   

Dec 18   Gaetano Coronaro, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 19   A[lbert] A Michelson, Strelno Prussia, US physicist (Nobel 1907) in the year 1852.   

Dec 23   1st Chinese theater in US, Celestial John, opens in San Francisco on this day in history.   

Dec 23   On this day in history first Chinese theater in US, Celestial John, opens in San Francisco   

Dec 26   On this day in history new Brunswick-built ship Marco Polo arrives backin Liverpool England from Melbourne, Australia in 140 days, a trip that sually took 240 days; declared the fastest ship in the world; 1883 wrecked when grounded in a gale off Cavendish, PEI.   

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

Jan 08   James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931) was born in the year 1852.   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor (1920-21)   

Jan 12   In the year 1852 birth of joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne)   

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

Jan 26   In the year 1852 birth of pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa)   

Jan 29   On this day in history birth of frederick Hymen Cowen, composer   

Jan 29   Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1852 death of louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809)   

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

Jan 25   Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778) died in the year 1852.   

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

Feb 17   Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies on this day in history.   

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.