Historical Events In 1850

Feb 18   On this day in history calif Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties   

Feb 18   California Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties on this day in history.   

Feb 18   On this day in history george Henschel, composer   

Feb 22   Isaac L Rice, Germany, (namesake of Columbia Univ's Rice stadium) on this day in history.   

Feb 27   Henry Edwards Huntington, US, railroad exec on this day in history.   

Feb 28   In the year 1850 hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist)   

Feb 28   The University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah in the year 1850.   

Mar 05   Daniel Brink Towner, composer in the year 1850.   

Mar 05   The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened on this day in history.   

Mar 07   In the year 1850 daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850   

Mar 07   Tomés G Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, Father/Pres of Czech (1918-35) in the year 1850.   

Mar 09   Alexandre Luigini, composer in the year 1850.   

Mar 10   Mary Mills Patrick, US, 1st pres of Istanbul Woman's College on this day in history.   

Mar 11   Richard Blanshard arrives at Fort Victoria; reads proclamation establishing the new colony of Vancouver Island, with himself as the first Governor in the year 1850.   

Mar 11   Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school) on this day in history.   

Mar 11   Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1st female medical school) in the year 1850.   

Mar 12   In the year 1850 1st US $20 gold piece issued   

Mar 12   In the year 1850 uS $20 gold piece first issued   

Mar 13   On this day in history emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer   

Mar 16   In the year 1850 nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published   

Mar 18   American Express company formed in Buffalo, New York in the year 1850.   

Mar 18   Henry Wells & William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo in the year 1850.   

Mar 19   Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Mar 21   Miguel Pedrorena, American settler on this day in history.   

Mar 26   In the year 1850 edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward)   

Mar 27   In the year 1850 wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53   

Mar 29   Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die on this day in history.   

Mar 30   SS Theresa Jane, the storm on this night was particularly bad and the Theresa Jane was one of a number of ships lost. She went onto the rocks of Mew Island, Belfast Lough during her sailing from Liverpool to Mauritius. Seven of the crew of fifteen lost their lives in the year 1850.   

Mar 31   In the year 1850 john Calhoun, dies at 68   

Mar 31   On this day in history uS population hits 23,191,876 (Black population 3,638,808 (15.7%))   

Mar 31   US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%)) on this day in history.   

Apr 01   On this day in history sF County Govt established   

Apr 03   Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Apr 04   City of Los Angeles incorporated in the year 1850.   

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Jan 05   Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher was born in the year 1850.   

Jan 06   Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha)   

Jan 10   John Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1850 birth of j C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts)   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist   

Jan 13   In the year 1850 birth of leon Francis Victor Caron, composer   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor   

Jan 01   In the year 1850 raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76   

Jan 14   Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93 in the year 1850.   

Jan 20   Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779) died on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Jan 26   On this day in history francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies   

Jan 27   J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85 in the year 1850.   

Feb 01   On this day in history death of edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln   

Feb 25   On this day in history death of daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)