Historical Events In 1850
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Oct 11 Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38 on this day in history.
Oct 12 In the year 1850 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens
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 In the year 1850 knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized
Oct 18 Francis Thome, composer on this day in history.
Oct 19 In the year 1850 annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat
Nov 05 Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69 on this day in history.
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 In the year 1850 karel Komzak, composer
Nov 09 On this day in history lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist
Nov 13 Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island) in the year 1850.
Nov 13 The birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, British author on this day in history.
Nov 19 On this day in history alfred Tennyson becomes England's Poet Laureate until his death in 1892
Nov 19 Lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate in the year 1850.
Nov 20 On this day in history arthor Goring Thomas, composer
Nov 26 In the year 1850 henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929)
Nov 29 The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation in the year 1850.
Dec 01 Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer on this day in history.
Dec 13 G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G ) on this day in history.
Dec 16 Fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83) on this day in history.
Dec 16 History of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton on this day in history.
Dec 20 Hawaiian post office established in the year 1850.
Dec 21 On this day in history zdenek Fibich, composer
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 in the year 1850.
Dec 28 Rangoon, Burma, destroyed by fire in the year 1850.
Dec 29 Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer on this day in history.