Page 4: Historical Events In 1851

Jul 19   On this day in history hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer (head of Jut)   

Jul 23   On this day in history charles Bannerman, Aussie cricket batsman (1st centurion)   

Jul 23   On this day in history treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by Sioux Indians & US   

Jul 24   Window tax abolished in Britain on this day in history.   

Jul 28   On this day in history first ever photograph of a total eclipse of the Sun made   

Jul 28   On this day in history total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph   

Jul 29   A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #15 Eunomia in the year 1851.   

Jul 29   On this day in history annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.   

Aug 03   In the year 1851 isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader   

Aug 12   1st America's Cup-US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora in the year 1851.   

Aug 12   In the year 1851 isaac Singer granted patent for his sewing machine   

Aug 13   In the year 1851 john Lincoln Clem, Drummer (Union volunteers), died in 1937   

Aug 15   [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) in the year 1851.   

Aug 17   Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist on this day in history.   

Aug 19   Frans Schollaert, Belgian premier (1908-11) on this day in history.   

Aug 19   Gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Aug 22   On this day in history gold fields discovered in Australia   

Aug 22   On this day in history yacht "America" wins first Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup)   

Aug 25   [Willem] Alexander KHF, prince of Orange/Netherlands in the year 1851.   

Aug 29   Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.   

Sep 04   In the year 1851 john Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house member   

Sep 13   In the year 1851 walter Reed, US Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever   

Sep 15   In the year 1851 emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish countess/writer (Sirena Negra)   

Sep 15   Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

Sep 18   In the year 1851 new York Times publishes for the first time   

Sep 18   On this day in history new York Times starts publishing (2 cents a copy)   

Sep 18   In the year 1851 nY Times starts publishing   

Sep 22   On this day in history the city of Des Moines, Iowa was incorporated as Fort Des Moines.   

Sep 28   Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Judah) on this day in history.   

Oct 01   1st Hawaiian stamps issued in the year 1851.   

Oct 01   On this day in history the first Hawaiian stamps issued   

Oct 02   Ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I in the year 1851.   

Oct 02   The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass is demonstrated but proves to be a fake in the year 1851.   

Oct 15   In the year 1851 george F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament)   

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Jan 09   On this day in history birth of giuseppi Gallignani, composer   

Jan 14   Theophile EA de Bock, Dutch painter/etcher/drawer was born in the year 1851.   

Jan 17   A. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. 1928) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 19   David Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford) was born in the year 1851.   

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer   

Jan 25   Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 25   On this day in history birth of jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg)   

Jan 27   On this day in history birth of rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega)   

Jan 10   On this day in history death of karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)   

Jan 12   In the year 1851 johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72   

Jan 19   Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805) died in the year 1851.   

Jan 21   Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1851.   

Jan 24   On this day in history gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76   

Jan 27   John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1851 mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53   

Feb 16   In the year 1851 anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95