Page 5: Historical Events In 1852

Oct 23   Jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer on this day in history.   

Oct 24   Daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Oct 28   In the year 1852 gerhard M Roentgen, founder Fijenoord dockyard, dies at 57   

Oct 31   In the year 1852 mary E W Freeman, US writer (Revolt of Mother)   

Nov 02   On this day in history franklin Pierce elected as president of US   

Nov 03   Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912) in the year 1852.   

Nov 04   On this day in history count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.   

Nov 05   On this day in history the American Society of Civil Engineers is organized.   

Nov 07   In the year 1852 bohdan Borkowski, composer   

Nov 12   Georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22 in the year 1852.   

Nov 18   In the year 1852 anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60   

Nov 18   In the year 1852 state funeral of duke of Wellington (London)   

Nov 20   On this day in history charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks & Faces," premieres in London   

Nov 21   Duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College on this day in history.   

Nov 21   In the year 1852 francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer   

Nov 22   August Alexander Klengel, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Nov 22   In the year 1852 paul H B d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist   

Nov 23   Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m) on this day in history.   

Nov 25   Johan N Salvator, [Johann Orth], archduke of Austria in the year 1852.   

Nov 29   Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer in the year 1852.   

Dec 01   Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands on this day in history.   

Dec 02   In the year 1852 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor   

Dec 05   On this day in history thomas Linnemann Laub, composer   

Dec 08   Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau on this day in history.   

Dec 15   Antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903) in the year 1852.   

Dec 16   In the year 1852 andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59   

Dec 16   The Evening Star newspaper begins publication in Washington, DC on this day in history.   

Dec 17   In the year 1852 1st Hawaiian cavalry organized   

Dec 17   The first Hawaiian cavalry organized in the year 1852.   

Dec 18   In the year 1852 gaetano Coronaro, composer   

Dec 19   A[lbert] A Michelson, Strelno Prussia, US physicist (Nobel 1907) on this day in history.   

Dec 23   In the year 1852 1st Chinese theater in US, Celestial John, opens in San Francisco   

Dec 23   First Chinese theater in US, Celestial John, opens in San Francisco in the year 1852.   

Dec 26   New Brunswick-built ship Marco Polo arrives backin Liverpool England from Melbourne, Australia in 140 days, a trip that sually took 240 days; declared the fastest ship in the world; 1883 wrecked when grounded in a gale off Cavendish, PEI in the year 1852.   

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Jan 01   Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904) was born in the year 1852.   

Jan 08   James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor (1920-21)   

Jan 12   In the year 1852 birth of joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne)   

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of frederick Corder, composer   

Jan 26   In the year 1852 birth of pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa)   

Jan 29   In the year 1852 birth of frederick Hymen Cowen, composer   

Jan 29   Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa) was born in the year 1852.   

Jan 06   On this day in history death of louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809)   

Jan 22   George Rodwell, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   On this day in history death of fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778)   

Feb 02   On this day in history francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49   

Feb 17   On this day in history micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies   

Feb 25   Thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies in the year 1852.   

Feb 27   Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Feb 29   In the year 1852 john Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies