Historical Events In 1850

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   In the year 1850 francis Thome, composer  

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 in the year 1850.  

Nov 06   In the year 1850 yerba Buena and Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use  

Nov 08   Karel Komzak, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 09   On this day in history lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist  

Nov 13   Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island) on this day in history.  

Nov 13   On this day in history the birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, British author  

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

Nov 19   Lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate on this day in history.  

Nov 20   On this day in history arthor Goring Thomas, composer  

Nov 26   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1850 hawaiian post office established  

Dec 21   Zdenek Fibich, composer in the year 1850.  

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Department established on this day in history.  

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Dept established on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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Jan 05   In the year 1850 birth of theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher  

Jan 06   In the year 1850 birth of eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era)  

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 in the year 1850.  

Jan 11   In the year 1850 birth of j C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts)  

Jan 11   Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist was born in the year 1850.  

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   Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76 in the year 1850.  

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

Jan 20   Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779) died on this day in history.  

Jan 22   In the year 1850 vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54  

Jan 26   Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 27   J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Feb 01   On this day in history death of edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln  

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