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   1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens on this day in history.  

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

Oct 17   On this day in history knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized  

Oct 18   Francis Thome, composer in the year 1850.  

Oct 19   Annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat on this day in history.  

Nov 05   On this day in history ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69  

Nov 06   1st Hawaiian fire engine on this day in history.  

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   Lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist on this day in history.  

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   Alfred Tennyson becomes England's Poet Laureate until his death in 1892 in the year 1850.  

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

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

Nov 26   Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929) on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1850 g F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G )  

Dec 16   Fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83) in the year 1850.  

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   On this day in history hawaiian post office established  

Dec 21   Zdenek Fibich, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Department established in the year 1850.  

Dec 27   On this day in history hawaiian Fire Dept established  

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

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

Dec 29   In the year 1850 tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer  

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Jan 05   Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher was born in the year 1850.  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era)  

Jan 06   Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 11   J C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist  

Jan 13   In the year 1850 birth of leon Francis Victor Caron, composer  

Jan 14   In the year 1850 birth of jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor  

Jan 01   On this day in history raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76  

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

Jan 20   In the year 1850 death of adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779)  

Jan 22   Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Jan 26   On this day in history francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies  

Jan 27   J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85 in the year 1850.  

Feb 01   In the year 1850 death of edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln  

Feb 25   Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782) died in the year 1850.