Historical Events In 1852

Aug 01   SF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist on this day in history.  

Aug 03   In the year 1852 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths  

Aug 03   In the year 1852 first intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths  

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

Aug 08   Barend Barendse, actor/director (Wandering Jew) in the year 1852.  

Aug 11   On this day in history nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70  

Aug 15   Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 in the year 1852.  

Aug 20   Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard in the year 1852.  

Aug 21   On this day in history benedetto Junck, composer  

Aug 21   Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory in the year 1852.  

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

Aug 22   Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (Political Struggle in Italy) in the year 1852.  

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

Aug 31   Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister on this day in history.  

Sep 03   In the year 1852 anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm  

Sep 11   Olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R in the year 1852.  

Sep 12   Hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain (L, 1908-16) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 14   Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Sep 15   In the year 1852 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 in the year 1852.  

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

Sep 24   In the year 1852 henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight  

Sep 25   Cornelis J Snijders, supreme commander of Dutch Navy (1910-18) on this day in history.  

Sep 27   George L Aiken's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," premieres in Troy, NY in the year 1852.  

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

Sep 28   In the year 1852 john [Denton Pinkstone] French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall  

Sep 30   Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist/composer on this day in history.  

Oct 02   William Ramsay, chemist on this day in history.  

Oct 11   The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney on this day in history.  

Oct 15   Wilhelm Posse, composer in the year 1852.  

Oct 16   On this day in history dutch Govt recognize Catholics right to organize  

Oct 22   Hans C E Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 08   In the year 1852 birth of james Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931)  

Jan 11   In the year 1852 birth of konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor (1920-21)  

Jan 12   In the year 1852 birth of joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne)  

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of frederick Corder, composer  

Jan 26   In the year 1852 birth of pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa)  

Jan 29   Frederick Hymen Cowen, composer was born in the year 1852.  

Jan 29   In the year 1852 birth of ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa)  

Jan 06   Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809) died in the year 1852.  

Jan 22   George Rodwell, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 02   In the year 1852 francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49  

Feb 17   In the year 1852 micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies  

Feb 25   In the year 1852 thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies  

Feb 27   In the year 1852 joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69  

Feb 29   On this day in history john Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies