Page 5: Historical Events In 1851

Oct 16   On this day in history james Ten Eyck, champion rower/coach (Ten Eyck Trophy namesake)   

Oct 21   George Ulyett, cricketer (great Yorkshire all-rounder 1873-93) on this day in history.   

Oct 23   In the year 1851 guillaume Couture, composer   

Oct 24   William Lassell discovers Ariel & Umbriel, satellites of Uranus on this day in history.   

Oct 24   William Lassell discovers Ariel andUmbriel, satellites of Uranus in the year 1851.   

Oct 30   On this day in history alfred de Mussets "Bettine," premieres in Paris   

Oct 31   On this day in history peter II Petrovic Njegos, bishop of Montenegro (1830-51), dies at 37   

Nov 02   In the year 1851 louis Napoleon takes power in France   

Nov 06   On this day in history charles Dow, American journalist and economist (co-founded Dow Jones/1st editor of Wall St Journal) (d.1902)   

Nov 06   On this day in history u.S. Navy expedition under command of LT William Lewis Herndon, on a mission to explore the valley of the Amazon and its tributaries, reaches Iquitos in the jungle region of the upper Amazon after their departure from Lima, Peru.   

Nov 09   On this day in history kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.   

Nov 11   On this day in history alvan Clark patents telescope   

Nov 13   On this day in history 1st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands & Orange"   

Nov 14   "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published in the year 1851.   

Nov 18   Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Nov 20   On this day in history wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75   

Nov 21   Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal on this day in history.   

Nov 22   Opera "La Perle Du Brésil" is produced (Paris) in the year 1851.   

Nov 22   The opera "La Perle Du Br‚sil" is produced (Paris) on this day in history.   

Dec 02   In the year 1851 newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.   

Dec 04   In the year 1851 pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France   

Dec 09   In the year 1851 1st Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal)   

Dec 09   First Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal) in the year 1851.   

Dec 10   Melvil[le Louis K] Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries in the year 1851.   

Dec 10   The birth of Melvil Dewey, Devised the library classification system in the year 1851.   

Dec 16   Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08) on this day in history.   

Dec 19   J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76 in the year 1851.   

Dec 22   On this day in history the first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.   

Dec 24   In the year 1851 fire devastates Library of Congress in Wash, destroys 35,000 volumes   

Dec 24   Fire devastates Library of Congress in Washington destroys 35,000 volumes on this day in history.   

Dec 29   1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston) on this day in history.   

Dec 29   First Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston) on this day in history.   

Dec 29   The first YMCA in the USA is organized in Boston on this day in history.   

Dec 30   In the year 1851 asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola   

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Jan 09   In the year 1851 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 in the year 1851.   

Jan 19   In the year 1851 birth of david Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford)   

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

Jan 25   On this day in history birth of arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)   

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

Jan 27   In the year 1851 birth of rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega)   

Jan 10   Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775) died in the year 1851.   

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

Jan 19   Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805) died on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49   

Jan 24   Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76 in the year 1851.   

Jan 27   On this day in history john James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65   

Feb 01   On this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53   

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