Historical Events In 1850

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 in the year 1850.  

Oct 19   In the year 1850 annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat  

Nov 05   Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69 in the year 1850.  

Nov 06   1st Hawaiian fire engine in the year 1850.  

Nov 06   Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use in the year 1850.  

Nov 08   Karel Komzak, composer in the year 1850.  

Nov 09   In the year 1850 lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist  

Nov 13   On this day in history robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island)  

Nov 13   The birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, British author on this day in history.  

Nov 19   In the year 1850 alfred Tennyson becomes England's Poet Laureate until his death in 1892  

Nov 19   In the year 1850 lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate  

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

Nov 26   In the year 1850 henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929)  

Nov 29   In the year 1850 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   In the year 1850 peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer  

Dec 13   On this day in history 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   In the year 1850 hawaiian post office established  

Dec 21   On this day in history zdenek Fibich, composer  

Dec 27   In the year 1850 hawaiian Fire Department established  

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Dept established in the year 1850.  

Dec 28   In the year 1850 rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire  

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

Dec 29   On this day in history tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer  

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Jan 05   Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era) was born in the year 1850.  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha)  

Jan 10   John Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of j C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts)  

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   On this day in history birth of jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor  

Jan 01   In the year 1850 raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76  

Jan 14   In the year 1850 anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93  

Jan 20   Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779) died in the year 1850.  

Jan 22   On this day in history vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54  

Jan 26   On this day in history 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   Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln died in the year 1850.  

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