Page 5: Historical Events In 1849

Sep 10   1st performance by US actor Edwin Booth (Richard III) on this day in history.   

Sep 10   On this day in history edwin Booth, later to assassinate president Abraham Lincoln, makes his acting debut.   

Sep 13   1st US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy) in the year 1849.   

Sep 13   In the year 1849 the first US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy)   

Sep 14   On this day in history ivan Pavlov, Russia, physiologist/pioneer in psychology (Nobel 1904)   

Sep 17   Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer in the year 1849.   

Sep 18   On this day in history de Kempenaer's Dutch govt resigns   

Sep 19   On this day in history 1st commercial laundry established, in Oaklan, California   

Sep 19   First commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California in the year 1849.   

Sep 21   Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son) in the year 1849.   

Sep 22   John Godden, English explorer (Curacao) on this day in history.   

Sep 23   Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 25   In the year 1849 johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 45   

Sep 28   On this day in history dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium)   

Sep 29   On this day in history 1st passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad)   

Sep 29   In the year 1849 first passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad)   

Sep 29   Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer in the year 1849.   

Oct 03   On this day in history american author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.   

Oct 06   On this day in history basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"   

Oct 06   The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence in the year 1849.   

Oct 07   On this day in history edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40   

Oct 07   James Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (Raggedy Man) on this day in history.   

Oct 16   On this day in history arnold Krug, composer   

Oct 16   In the year 1849 avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania   

Oct 16   George Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies on this day in history.   

Oct 17   Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 in the year 1849.   

Oct 19   In the year 1849 elizabeth Blackwell became first woman in US to receive medical degree   

Oct 30   Johan Willem, son of Dutch princess Marianne & coachman on this day in history.   

Nov 01   On this day in history dutch govt of Thorbecke forms   

Nov 05   Rui Barbosa, Brazil, statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties in the year 1849.   

Nov 08   On this day in history edward Julius Biedermann, composer   

Nov 13   Peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California on this day in history.   

Nov 13   William Etty, English painter (nudist), dies at 62 in the year 1849.   

Nov 15   1st US poultry show opens in Boston on this day in history.   

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Jan 09   John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (d. 1935) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1849 birth of oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (bath house)   

Jan 12   In the year 1849 birth of jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935)   

Jan 18   Edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   In the year 1849 birth of august Strindberg, Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia)   

Feb 02   Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (d. 1921) was born in the year 1849.   

Feb 04   Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux) was born in the year 1849.   

Feb 13   On this day in history birth of lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father   

Jan 09   Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83 in the year 1849.   

Jan 16   In the year 1849 wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69   

Jan 26   Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45 died in the year 1849.   

Feb 08   On this day in history france Preseren, Slovenian poet (Sonetni Venec), dies at 48   

Feb 09   Corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1849.   

Feb 13   In the year 1849 christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61   

Feb 15   In the year 1849 pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44   

Feb 22   Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28 in the year 1849.