Historical Events In 1850
Sunday, 24 January 2021
Oct 11 Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38 on this day in history.
Oct 12 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens in the year 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 Annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat in the year 1850.
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 On this day in history yerba Buena and Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use
Nov 08 On this day in history karel Komzak, composer
Nov 09 Lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist in the year 1850.
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 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 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 In the year 1850 g F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G )
Dec 16 Fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83) on this day in history.
Dec 16 On this day in history history of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton.
Dec 20 Hawaiian post office established in the year 1850.
Dec 21 On this day in history zdenek Fibich, composer
Dec 27 On this day in history hawaiian Fire Department established
Dec 27 Hawaiian Fire Dept established on this day in history.
Dec 28 In the year 1850 rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire
Dec 28 On this day in history rangoon, Burma, destroyed by fire
Dec 29 On this day in history tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer