Page 5: Historical Events In 1852

Oct 23   Jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer on this day in history.   

Oct 24   On this day in history daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70   

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) on this day in history.   

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

Nov 03   In the year 1852 mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912)   

Nov 04   In the year 1852 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 on this day in history.   

Nov 12   In the year 1852 georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22   

Nov 18   On this day in history anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60   

Nov 18   In the year 1852 state funeral of duke of Wellington (London)   

Nov 20   Charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks & Faces," premieres in London on this day in history.   

Nov 21   On this day in history duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College   

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

Nov 22   August Alexander Klengel, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Nov 22   In the year 1852 paul H B d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist   

Nov 23   In the year 1852 just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m)   

Nov 25   On this day in history johan N Salvator, [Johann Orth], archduke of Austria   

Nov 29   In the year 1852 paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer   

Dec 01   Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands on this day in history.   

Dec 02   On this day in history 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor   

Dec 05   Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer in the year 1852.   

Dec 08   In the year 1852 gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau   

Dec 15   On this day in history antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903)   

Dec 16   Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Dec 16   The Evening Star newspaper begins publication in Washington, DC on this day in history.   

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

Dec 17   On this day in history the first Hawaiian cavalry organized   

Dec 18   On this day in history gaetano Coronaro, composer   

Dec 19   A[lbert] A Michelson, Strelno Prussia, US physicist (Nobel 1907) on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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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   Konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor (1920-21) was born on this day in history.   

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   Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa) was born in the year 1852.   

Jan 29   Frederick Hymen Cowen, composer was born in the year 1852.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778) died on this day in history.   

Feb 02   In the year 1852 francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49   

Feb 17   On this day in history micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies   

Feb 25   In the year 1852 thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies   

Feb 27   On this day in history joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69   

Feb 29   On this day in history john Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies