Historical Events In 1850

Oct 11   Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

Oct 12   1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens in the year 1850.   

Oct 17   James Young obtains a patent for the extraction of paraffin from shale, the beginning of the paraffin industry in West Lothian on this day in history.   

Oct 17   In the year 1850 knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized   

Oct 18   On this day in history francis Thome, composer   

Oct 19   On this day in history annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat   

Nov 05   On this day in history ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69   

Nov 06   On this day in history 1st Hawaiian fire engine   

Nov 06   In the year 1850 yerba Buena and Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use   

Nov 08   Karel Komzak, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 09   Lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist in the year 1850.   

Nov 13   Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island) on this day in history.   

Nov 13   On this day in history the birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, British author   

Nov 19   Alfred Tennyson becomes England's Poet Laureate until his death in 1892 on this day in history.   

Nov 19   Lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate in the year 1850.   

Nov 20   Arthor Goring Thomas, composer in the year 1850.   

Nov 26   In the year 1850 henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929)   

Nov 29   On this day in history the treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.   

Dec 01   Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 13   In the year 1850 g F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G )   

Dec 16   On this day in history fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)   

Dec 16   History of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton in the year 1850.   

Dec 20   Hawaiian post office established on this day in history.   

Dec 21   On this day in history zdenek Fibich, composer   

Dec 27   On this day in history hawaiian Fire Department established   

Dec 27   In the year 1850 hawaiian Fire Dept established   

Dec 28   Rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire in the year 1850.   

Dec 28   In the year 1850 rangoon, Burma, destroyed by fire   

Dec 29   In the year 1850 tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer   

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Jan 05   In the year 1850 birth of theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher   

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

Jan 06   Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha) was born in the year 1850.   

Jan 10   John Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891) was born in the year 1850.   

Jan 11   J C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts) was born in the year 1850.   

Jan 11   Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist was born in the year 1850.   

Jan 13   Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1850 birth of jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor   

Jan 01   On this day in history raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76   

Jan 14   In the year 1850 anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93   

Jan 20   Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779) died in the year 1850.   

Jan 22   On this day in history vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54   

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   In the year 1850 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)