Historical Events In 1850
Monday, 09 December 2019
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 Knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized on this day in history.
Oct 18 Francis Thome, composer in the year 1850.
Oct 19 On this day in history annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat
Nov 05 Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69 in the year 1850.
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 On this day in history lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist
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 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 On this day in history arthor Goring Thomas, composer
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 on this day in history.
Dec 01 Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer in the year 1850.
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 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 On this day in history 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 in the year 1850.
Dec 28 In the year 1850 rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire
Dec 28 Rangoon, Burma, destroyed by fire on this day in history.
Dec 29 Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer on this day in history.