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   Knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized on this day in history.  

Oct 18   On this day in history 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 in the year 1850.  

Nov 08   In the year 1850 karel Komzak, composer  

Nov 09   Lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist in the year 1850.  

Nov 13   In the year 1850 robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island)  

Nov 13   In the year 1850 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   In the year 1850 lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate  

Nov 20   Arthor Goring Thomas, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 26   In the year 1850 henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929)  

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   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   Hawaiian post office established in the year 1850.  

Dec 21   Zdenek Fibich, composer on this day in history.  

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

Dec 27   In the year 1850 hawaiian Fire Dept established  

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

Dec 28   In the year 1850 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   Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10   John Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891) was born in the year 1850.  

Jan 11   J C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1850.  

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

Jan 20   Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779) died in the year 1850.  

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

Jan 26   Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies in the year 1850.  

Jan 27   J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85 in the year 1850.  

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)