Page 6: Historical Events In 1850

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

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

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

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

Oct 18   Francis Thome, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 19   Annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat in the year 1850.   

Nov 05   Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Nov 06   In the year 1850 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   On this day in history lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist   

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

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   On this day in history lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate   

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

Nov 26   On this day in history 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   In the year 1850 peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer   

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   In the year 1850 hawaiian post office established   

Dec 21   On this day in history zdenek Fibich, composer   

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Department established in the year 1850.   

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

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

Dec 28   Rangoon, Burma, destroyed by fire on this day in history.   

Dec 29   Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer in the year 1850.   

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

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

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

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 in the year 1850.   

Jan 11   In the year 1850 birth of philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist   

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

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

Jan 01   Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76 in the year 1850.   

Jan 14   Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 26   In the year 1850 francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies   

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

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)