Historical Events In 1850

Oct 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1850 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   On this day in history karel Komzak, composer  

Nov 09   In the year 1850 lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist  

Nov 13   On this day in history robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island)  

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

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

Nov 19   On this day in history lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate  

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

Nov 26   On this day in history henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929)  

Nov 29   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1850 history of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton.  

Dec 20   In the year 1850 hawaiian post office established  

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

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   Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha) was born in the year 1850.  

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of john Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891)  

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

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

Jan 13   Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor  

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

Jan 14   In the year 1850 anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93  

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

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

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

Jan 27   In the year 1850 j Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85  

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.