Historical Events In 1851

Jan 01   City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Giuseppi Gallignani, composer in the year 1851.  

Jan 12   Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72 in the year 1851.  

Jan 14   On this day in history theophile EA de Bock, Dutch painter/etcher/drawer  

Jan 15   Gen Arista replaces Mexican Pres Herrera on this day in history.  

Jan 15   General Arista replaces Mexican President Herrera in the year 1851.  

Jan 19   In the year 1851 david Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford)  

Jan 21   In the year 1851 gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49  

Jan 24   In the year 1851 gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76  

Jan 25   In the year 1851 arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)  

Jan 25   Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron) in the year 1851.  

Jan 25   On this day in history sojourner Truth addresses first Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)  

Jan 27   On this day in history john James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65  

Jan 27   Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega) in the year 1851.  

Jan 28   Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered on this day in history.  

Jan 31   Gail Borden announces invention of evaporated milk on this day in history.  

Jan 31   On this day in history in Hamilton Ontario Hamilton Gas Light Company installs first lamps.  

Jan 31   San Francisco Orphan's Asylum, first in California founded on this day in history.  

Feb 01   Anti-transportation groups meet in Melbourne to lobby for permanent end to shipping of convicts to eastern Australian colonies on this day in history.  

Feb 01   Death of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, British author of Frankenstein in the year 1851.  

Feb 01   Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, dies at age 53 in the year 1851.  

Feb 01   Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53 in the year 1851.  

Feb 03   In the year 1851 johannes B van Heutsz, lt-gen/gov-gen Dutch East Indies  

Feb 06   Robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch," premieres in Düsseldorf on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch," premieres in Dusseldorf in the year 1851.  

Feb 08   Kate O'Flaherty Chopin, novelist on this day in history.  

Feb 11   On this day in history 1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania v Vic, Launceston  

Feb 11   In the year 1851 first cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania vs Victoria, Launceston  

Feb 15   On this day in history black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave  

Feb 15   On this day in history black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescuing a fugitive slave  

Feb 16   On this day in history anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95  

Feb 20   On this day in history josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81  

Feb 22   The Kirkwood runs aground in New Jersey, mistaking the Smith Hotel for a vessel that refused to return its signal in the year 1851.  

Feb 25   On this day in history ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53  

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Jan 09   In the year 1851 birth of giuseppi Gallignani, composer  

Jan 14   Theophile EA de Bock, Dutch painter/etcher/drawer was born in the year 1851.  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of a. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. 1928)  

Jan 19   In the year 1851 birth of david Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford)  

Jan 19   In the year 1851 birth of johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer  

Jan 25   Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar) was born in the year 1851.  

Jan 25   Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg) was born in the year 1851.  

Jan 27   Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1851 death of karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)  

Jan 12   Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72 in the year 1851.  

Jan 19   In the year 1851 death of esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805)  

Jan 21   In the year 1851 gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49  

Jan 24   Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Jan 27   John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Feb 01   On this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53  

Feb 16   On this day in history anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95