Historical Events In 1851

Mar 03   Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3 cent piece) in the year 1851.  

Mar 03   Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3¢ piece) in the year 1851.  

Mar 04   On this day in history michael Henkel, composer, dies at 70  

Mar 06   Alexander Aliabiev, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1851.  

Mar 06   In the year 1851 dion Boucicault's "Love in a Maze," premieres in London  

Mar 07   Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends on this day in history.  

Mar 11   In the year 1851 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto", premieres in Venice  

Mar 11   In the year 1851 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," premieres in Venice  

Mar 15   In the year 1851 jozef Surzynski, composer  

Mar 19   On this day in history roque Saenz Pena, pres of Argentina (1910-14)  

Mar 21   In the year 1851 yosemite Valley discovered in California  

Mar 27   In the year 1851 ruperto Chapi y Lorente, composer  

Apr 06   Canadian postal service transferred from British control; sets uniform postal rate of 3 pence a letter on this day in history.  

Apr 07   In the year 1851 otto Adolf Klauwell, composer  

Apr 08   On this day in history john Parry, composer, dies at 75  

Apr 09   Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Apr 09   C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (Neth Indies) on this day in history.  

Apr 12   Emil Liebling, composer on this day in history.  

Apr 15   Earl G Andressy sentenced to death in Hungary in the year 1851.  

Apr 16   On this day in history ernst Josephson, Sweden, artist  

Apr 23   Canada issues its 1st postage stamps in the year 1851.  

Apr 23   On this day in history civil engineer Sandford Fleming 1827-1915 designs the red Three-Pence Beaver stamp issued this day; the Province of Canada's first regular postage stamp  

Apr 24   Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) on this day in history.  

May 01   Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London in the year 1851.  

May 01   In the year 1851 great Exhibition opens in London's Hyde Park, at Crystal Palace  

May 03   Most of San Fransisco destroyed by fire; 30 die in the year 1851.  

May 03   Most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die in the year 1851.  

May 04   In the year 1851 1st major SF fire  

May 04   In the year 1851 the first major San Fransisco fire  

May 06   On this day in history dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"  

May 06   Linus Yale patents Yale-lock in the year 1851.  

May 06   In the year 1851 new slave regulations go into effect in Suriname  

May 06   In the year 1851 san Fransisco Chamber of Commerce starts  

May 15   In the year 1851 rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), crowned  

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Jan 09   Giuseppi Gallignani, composer was born in the year 1851.  

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

Jan 17   In the year 1851 birth of a. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. 1928)  

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of david Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford)  

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer  

Jan 25   On this day in history birth of arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)  

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76  

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

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

Feb 16   Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95 in the year 1851.