Historical Events In 1850

Oct 11   On this day in history louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38  

Oct 12   In the year 1850 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens  

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   In the year 1850 knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized  

Oct 18   In the year 1850 francis Thome, composer  

Oct 19   In the year 1850 annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat  

Nov 05   In the year 1850 ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69  

Nov 06   In the year 1850 1st Hawaiian fire engine  

Nov 06   Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use on this day in history.  

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

Nov 13   The birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, British author in the year 1850.  

Nov 19   On this day in history alfred Tennyson becomes England's Poet Laureate until his death in 1892  

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) in the year 1850.  

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   On this day in history fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 21   Zdenek Fibich, composer in the year 1850.  

Dec 27   On this day in history hawaiian Fire Department established  

Dec 27   In the year 1850 hawaiian Fire Dept established  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   John Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891) was born in the year 1850.  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of j C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts)  

Jan 11   In the year 1850 birth of philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist  

Jan 13   Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer was born in the year 1850.  

Jan 14   In the year 1850 birth of jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor  

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779) died on this day in history.  

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

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

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   On this day in history death of daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)