Page 5: Historical Events In 1849

Sep 10   In the year 1849 1st performance by US actor Edwin Booth (Richard III)   

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

Sep 13   1st US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy) on this day in history.   

Sep 13   On this day in history the first US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy)   

Sep 14   Ivan Pavlov, Russia, physiologist/pioneer in psychology (Nobel 1904) on this day in history.   

Sep 17   On this day in history vaclav Juda Novotny, composer   

Sep 18   De Kempenaer's Dutch govt resigns in the year 1849.   

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

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   In the year 1849 john Godden, English explorer (Curacao)   

Sep 23   On this day in history mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer   

Sep 25   On this day in history johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 45   

Sep 28   In the year 1849 dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium)   

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

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

Sep 29   Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 03   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 on this day in history.   

Oct 06   Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" in the year 1849.   

Oct 06   On this day in history the execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.   

Oct 07   Edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40 on this day in history.   

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   Avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania in the year 1849.   

Oct 16   In the year 1849 george Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies   

Oct 17   Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 30   On this day in history johan Willem, son of Dutch princess Marianne & coachman   

Nov 01   Dutch govt of Thorbecke forms in the year 1849.   

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

Nov 08   In the year 1849 edward Julius Biedermann, composer   

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

Nov 13   William Etty, English painter (nudist), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Nov 15   In the year 1849 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   On this day in history birth of oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (bath house)   

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

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03)   

Jan 22   August Strindberg, Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1849.   

Feb 13   Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83   

Jan 16   Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69 in the year 1849.   

Jan 26   Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45 died on this day in history.   

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

Feb 09   Corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Feb 13   Christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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