Page 6: Historical Events In 1850

Oct 11   Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38 in the year 1850.   

Oct 12   On this day in history 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens   

Oct 17   In the year 1850 james Young obtains a patent for the extraction of paraffin from shale, the beginning of the paraffin industry in West Lothian   

Oct 17   On this day in history knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized   

Oct 18   In the year 1850 francis Thome, composer   

Oct 19   Annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat on this day in history.   

Nov 05   In the year 1850 ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69   

Nov 06   In the year 1850 1st Hawaiian fire engine   

Nov 06   Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use on this day in history.   

Nov 08   On this day in history karel Komzak, composer   

Nov 09   Lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist on this day in history.   

Nov 13   In the year 1850 robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island)   

Nov 13   In the year 1850 the birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, British author   

Nov 19   In the year 1850 alfred Tennyson becomes England's Poet Laureate until his death in 1892   

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

Nov 20   On this day in history arthor Goring Thomas, composer   

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

Nov 29   The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation in the year 1850.   

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

Dec 13   G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G ) in the year 1850.   

Dec 16   Fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history hawaiian post office established   

Dec 21   In the year 1850 zdenek Fibich, composer   

Dec 27   In the year 1850 hawaiian Fire Department established   

Dec 27   On this day in history hawaiian Fire Dept established   

Dec 28   On this day in history rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire   

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

Dec 29   On this day in history tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer   

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Jan 05   Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1850 birth of eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era)   

Jan 06   In the year 1850 birth of franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha)   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of john Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891)   

Jan 11   J C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 13   Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer was born in the year 1850.   

Jan 14   Jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor was born in the year 1850.   

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

Jan 14   On this day in history anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93   

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

Jan 22   In the year 1850 vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54   

Jan 26   Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 27   On this day in history j Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85   

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

Feb 25   Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782) died in the year 1850.