Historical Events In 1849

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

Sep 10   Edwin Booth, later to assassinate president Abraham Lincoln, makes his acting debut in the year 1849.   

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

Sep 13   The first US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy) in the year 1849.   

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

Sep 17   In the year 1849 vaclav Juda Novotny, composer   

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

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

Sep 19   First commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California on this day in history.   

Sep 21   In the year 1849 edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son)   

Sep 22   John Godden, English explorer (Curacao) in the year 1849.   

Sep 23   In the year 1849 mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer   

Sep 25   Johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

Sep 28   Dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium) on this day in history.   

Sep 29   1st passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad) in the year 1849.   

Sep 29   First passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad) in the year 1849.   

Sep 29   In the year 1849 ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer   

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   In the year 1849 the execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.   

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

Oct 07   On this day in history james Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (Raggedy Man)   

Oct 16   Arnold Krug, composer on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1849 frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39   

Oct 19   Elizabeth Blackwell became first woman in US to receive medical degree in the year 1849.   

Oct 30   In the year 1849 johan Willem, son of Dutch princess Marianne & coachman   

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

Nov 05   Rui Barbosa, Brazil, statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties on this day in history.   

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

Nov 13   On this day in history peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California   

Nov 13   In the year 1849 william Etty, English painter (nudist), dies at 62   

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

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Jan 09   In the year 1849 birth of john Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (d. 1935)   

Jan 11   Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (bath house) was born in the year 1849.   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935)   

Jan 18   Edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03) was born in the year 1849.   

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

Feb 02   On this day in history birth of pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (d. 1921)   

Feb 04   Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 26   In the year 1849 death of thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45   

Feb 08   France Preseren, Slovenian poet (Sonetni Venec), dies at 48 in the year 1849.   

Feb 09   On this day in history corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76   

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

Feb 15   On this day in history pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44   

Feb 22   In the year 1849 alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28