Historical Events In 1841

Jan 03   Wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch (Official) Gazette, dies at 82   

Jan 05   James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf.   

Jan 05   James Clark Ross (UK) is inaugural to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf.   

Jan 14   Berthe M P Morisot, French painter/aquarellist   

Jan 15   Lord Frederick Stanley, presenter of hockey's Stanley Cup.   

Jan 18   Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui)   

Jan 20   China cedes Hong Kong to British   

Jan 20   Hong Kong is ceded to Great Britain. (The island returned to Chinese control in 1997.).   

Jan 25   John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet   

Jan 26   Hong Kong is recorded as becoming a British soverign territory.   

Jan 26   Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain.   

Jan 28   Henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (are discovered Livingston in Africa)   

Jan 28   Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone is born   

Jan 30   A fire destroys two-thirds of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.   

Jan 30   Alfred Townsend George, Civil War journalist, died in 1914   

Feb 01   William H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium   

Feb 10   Walter Parratt, composer   

Feb 11   J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter, dies at 55   

Feb 12   Bert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister.   

Feb 13   Thomas Ainsworth, English/Dutch industrialist, dies at 45   

Feb 14   Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65   

Feb 15   Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53.   

Feb 17   Dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de Wégimont.   

Feb 17   Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70   

Feb 18   1st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11.   

Feb 18   A continuous filibuster in US Senate begins, lasting until March 11.   

Feb 18   inaugural continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11   

Feb 18   Samuel Prowse Warren, composer   

Feb 19   Felipe Pedrell, composer.   

Feb 25   Pierre Auguste Renoir, Limoges France, Impressionist painter/sculptor   

Feb 25   Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French artist is born.   

Feb 26   Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general (Egypt).   

Feb 27   [Eleanor] Agnes Lee, daughter of US general Robert E Lee.   

Mar 01   Blanche Kelso Bruce, Virginia, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881).   

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Jan 14   Berthe M P Morisot: French painter/aquarellist   

Jan 15   Lord Frederick Stanley: presenter of hockey's Stanley Cup   

Jan 18   Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier: France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui)   

Jan 25   John Arbuthnot Fisher: Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet   

Jan 27   Arkhip Kuindzhi: Russian painter   

Jan 28   Henry Stanley: Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa)   

Jan 28   Viktor Ernst Nessler: composer   

Jan 30   Alfred Townsend George: Civil War journalist, died in 1914   

Jan 03   Wilhelmus Kist: writer/director of Dutch (Official) Gazette,   

Feb 11   J H Ferdinand Olivier: German painter,    

Feb 13   Thomas Ainsworth: English/Dutch industrialist,    

Feb 14   Antun Sorkocevic: composer,   

Feb 15   Sibrand Acker Stratingh: Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car),    

Feb 17   Ferdinando Carulli: composer,   

Mar 01   Claude Victor-Perrin: duc de Belluno, French marshal (b. 1764)   

Mar 16   Félix Savart: French surgeon/physicist,