Historical Events In 1850

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

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

Oct 17   In the year 1850 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   Francis Thome, composer on this day in history.  

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

Nov 05   Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1850 karel Komzak, composer  

Nov 09   On this day in history lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist  

Nov 13   Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island) in the year 1850.  

Nov 13   The birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, British author on this day in history.  

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

Nov 19   Lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate in the year 1850.  

Nov 20   On this day in history arthor Goring Thomas, composer  

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   History of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton on this day in history.  

Dec 20   Hawaiian post office established in the year 1850.  

Dec 21   On this day in history zdenek Fibich, composer  

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Department established in the year 1850.  

Dec 27   On this day in history hawaiian Fire Dept established  

Dec 28   Rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire in the year 1850.  

Dec 28   Rangoon, Burma, destroyed by fire in the year 1850.  

Dec 29   Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer on this day in history.  

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Jan 05   Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher was born in the year 1850.  

Jan 06   Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era) was born in the year 1850.  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha)  

Jan 10   In the year 1850 birth of john Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891)  

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

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 in the year 1850.  

Jan 14   Jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor was born in the year 1850.  

Jan 01   Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76 in the year 1850.  

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

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

Jan 22   Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54 in the year 1850.  

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   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 on this day in history.