Page 5: Historical Events In 1849

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

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

Sep 13   On this day in history 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   De Kempenaer's Dutch govt resigns on this day in history.   

Sep 19   In the year 1849 1st commercial laundry established, in Oaklan, California   

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

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

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

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

Sep 25   Johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 45 in the year 1849.   

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

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

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

Sep 29   On this day in history ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer   

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   In the year 1849 edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40   

Oct 07   James Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (Raggedy Man) in the year 1849.   

Oct 16   In the year 1849 arnold Krug, composer   

Oct 16   Avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

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

Oct 17   On this day in history frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39   

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   Dutch govt of Thorbecke forms in the year 1849.   

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

Nov 08   In the year 1849 edward Julius Biedermann, composer   

Nov 13   In the year 1849 peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California   

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

Nov 15   1st US poultry show opens in Boston in the year 1849.   

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

Jan 18   In the year 1849 birth of edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03)   

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

Feb 02   In the year 1849 birth of pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (d. 1921)   

Feb 04   On this day in history birth of jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux)   

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

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

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.