Historical Events In 1852

Aug 01   SF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist in the year 1852.  

Aug 03   On this day in history 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths  

Aug 03   First intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths on this day in history.  

Aug 05   Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Aug 08   Barend Barendse, actor/director (Wandering Jew) on this day in history.  

Aug 11   Nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70 in the year 1852.  

Aug 15   On this day in history johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92  

Aug 20   On this day in history steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard  

Aug 21   In the year 1852 benedetto Junck, composer  

Aug 21   In the year 1852 tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.  

Aug 21   In the year 1852 tlingit warriors destroy Hudson's Bay Company Fort Selkirk, Yukon after the HBC tries to break the Tlingit monopoly on trade with interior tribes.  

Aug 22   In the year 1852 alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (Political Struggle in Italy)  

Aug 30   Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901) in the year 1852.  

Aug 31   Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister in the year 1852.  

Sep 03   Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm on this day in history.  

Sep 11   Olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R on this day in history.  

Sep 12   Hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain (L, 1908-16) in the year 1852.  

Sep 14   18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Conn takes office in the year 1852.  

Sep 14   In the year 1852 arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington, dies at 83  

Sep 15   On this day in history jan E Matzeliger, Surinamese inventor (shoe lacing machine)  

Sep 20   Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro) in the year 1852.  

Sep 23   William Stewart Halsted, established 1st US surgical school on this day in history.  

Sep 24   A new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated on this day in history.  

Sep 24   On this day in history henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight  

Sep 25   In the year 1852 cornelis J Snijders, supreme commander of Dutch Navy (1910-18)  

Sep 27   George L Aiken's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," premieres in Troy, NY on this day in history.  

Sep 28   Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Sep 28   John [Denton Pinkstone] French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall in the year 1852.  

Sep 30   In the year 1852 charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist/composer  

Oct 02   William Ramsay, chemist in the year 1852.  

Oct 11   In the year 1852 the University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.  

Oct 15   In the year 1852 wilhelm Posse, composer  

Oct 16   Dutch Govt recognize Catholics right to organize on this day in history.  

Oct 22   Hans C E Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king, dies at 86 in the year 1852.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904)  

Jan 08   James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931) was born in the year 1852.  

Jan 11   Konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor (1920-21) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne) was born in the year 1852.  

Jan 26   Frederick Corder, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa)  

Jan 29   Frederick Hymen Cowen, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 29   Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1852 death of louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809)  

Jan 22   George Rodwell, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1852.  

Jan 25   On this day in history death of fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778)  

Feb 02   Francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Feb 17   On this day in history micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies  

Feb 25   Thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies in the year 1852.  

Feb 27   On this day in history joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69  

Feb 29   John Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies on this day in history.