Historical Events In 1850

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  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1850 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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of leon Francis Victor Caron, composer  

Jan 14   Jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor was born in the year 1850.  

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

Jan 14   Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93 in the year 1850.  

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

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

Jan 26   In the year 1850 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 on this day in history.  

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