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   In the year 1850 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens   

Oct 17   On this day in history 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 in the year 1850.   

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   On this day in history karel Komzak, composer   

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

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   On this day in history alfred Tennyson becomes England's Poet Laureate until his death in 1892   

Nov 19   Lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate on this day in history.   

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

Nov 26   Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929) on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1850.   

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   In the year 1850 history of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton.   

Dec 20   Hawaiian post office established in the year 1850.   

Dec 21   Zdenek Fibich, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 27   In the year 1850 hawaiian Fire Department established   

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Dept established on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1850 tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer   

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Jan 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha)   

Jan 10   In the year 1850 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   Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of leon Francis Victor Caron, composer   

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

Jan 01   Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 20   On this day in history death of adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779)   

Jan 22   Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54 in the year 1850.   

Jan 26   Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies in the year 1850.   

Jan 27   In the year 1850 j Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85   

Feb 01   Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln died on this day in history.   

Feb 25   In the year 1850 death of daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)