Historical Events In 1852

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 in the year 1852.  

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

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

Aug 15   Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 21   Benedetto Junck, composer on this day in history.  

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

Aug 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (Political Struggle in Italy)  

Aug 30   Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901) on this day in history.  

Aug 31   In the year 1852 georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister  

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

Sep 11   In the year 1852 olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R  

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

Sep 14   On this day in history 18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Conn takes office  

Sep 14   On this day in history arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington, dies at 83  

Sep 15   Jan E Matzeliger, Surinamese inventor (shoe lacing machine) on this day in history.  

Sep 20   On this day in history edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro)  

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

Sep 24   On this day in history a new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated  

Sep 24   On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 02   William Ramsay, chemist in the year 1852.  

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

Oct 15   Wilhelm Posse, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 16   Dutch Govt recognize Catholics right to organize in the year 1852.  

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

Oct 23   Jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer in the year 1852.  

Oct 24   On this day in history daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70  

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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   On this day in history birth of konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor (1920-21)  

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

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

Jan 26   Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 29   On this day in history birth of frederick Hymen Cowen, composer  

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

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

Jan 22   In the year 1852 george Rodwell, composer, dies at 51  

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

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

Feb 17   Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies in the year 1852.  

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