Historical Events In 1850

Oct 11   In the year 1850 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   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   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   On this day in history ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69  

Nov 06   In the year 1850 1st Hawaiian fire engine  

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

Nov 08   In the year 1850 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 in the year 1850.  

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

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   Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929) in the year 1850.  

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   On this day in history peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer  

Dec 13   In the year 1850 g F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G )  

Dec 16   In the year 1850 fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)  

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   Zdenek Fibich, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

Dec 28   On this day in history rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire  

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

Dec 29   Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer in the year 1850.  

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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 in the year 1850.  

Jan 06   In the year 1850 birth of franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha)  

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

Jan 11   J C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts) was born in the year 1850.  

Jan 11   Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist was born on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   On this day in history anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93  

Jan 20   On this day in history death of adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779)  

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 in the year 1850.  

Feb 01   In the year 1850 death of edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln  

Feb 25   On this day in history death of daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)