Historical Events In 1852

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

Aug 05   In the year 1852 frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53  

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

Aug 11   In the year 1852 nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70  

Aug 15   In the year 1852 johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92  

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

Aug 30   On this day in history jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901)  

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

Sep 12   In the year 1852 hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain (L, 1908-16)  

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

Sep 20   Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro) on this day in history.  

Sep 23   On this day in history william Stewart Halsted, established 1st US surgical school  

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

Sep 24   In the year 1852 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   In the year 1852 george L Aiken's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," premieres in Troy, NY  

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 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 in the year 1852.  

Oct 16   In the year 1852 dutch Govt recognize Catholics right to organize  

Oct 22   In the year 1852 hans C E Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king, dies at 86  

Oct 23   On this day in history jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer  

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

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor (1920-21)  

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne)  

Jan 26   Frederick Corder, composer was born in the year 1852.  

Jan 26   Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa) was born in the year 1852.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 25   In the year 1852 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   Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies on this day in history.  

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.