Historical Events In 1841

Mar 03   John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Depths of the Ocean) on this day in history.  

Mar 04   Dion Boucicault's "London Assurance," premieres in London in the year 1841.  

Mar 04   In the year 1841 kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (And fremmed Fugl)  

Mar 04   In the year 1841 longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison  

Mar 07   In the year 1841 olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina, poet (El nido de condores)  

Mar 08   Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) on this day in history.  

Mar 09   US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident) in the year 1841.  

Mar 16   On this day in history félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49  

Mar 22   On this day in history cornstarch patented (Orlando Jones)  

Mar 27   1st US steam fire engine tested, NYC in the year 1841.  

Mar 27   On this day in history first US steam fire engine tested, New York NY  

Mar 31   1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B on this day in history.  

Mar 31   First performance of Robert Schumann's first Symphony in B on this day in history.  

Apr 04   On this day in history william Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68  

Apr 06   Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri in the year 1841.  

Apr 07   In the year 1841 alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanicus  

Apr 10   NY "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley in the year 1841.  

Apr 10   The New York Tribune published for the very first time on this day in history.  

Apr 14   On this day in history edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," published  

Apr 20   On this day in history 1st detective story (Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue") published  

Apr 20   First detective story (Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue") published in the year 1841.  

Apr 25   Pauline Lucca, soprano on this day in history.  

Apr 26   In the year 1841 "Bombay Gazette" begins publishing on silk  

Apr 26   On this day in history wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian  

Apr 27   In the year 1841 imakita Kosen, 1st Zen teacher of D.T. Suzuki, found the awakening  

Apr 29   A Bertrand, writer, dies in the year 1841.  

May 01   1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for Calif on this day in history.  

May 01   On this day in history the first emigrant wagon train leaves Independence MO for California  

May 03   Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

May 03   On this day in history new Zealand becomes a British colony  

May 06   John Thomson, composer, dies at 35 in the year 1841.  

May 11   Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter in the year 1841.  

May 11   Lt. Charles Wilkes lands at Fort Nisqually in Puget Sound on this day in history.  

May 15   Giovanni Bolzoni, composer on this day in history.  

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Jan 14   In the year 1841 birth of berthe M P Morisot, French painter/aquarellist  

Jan 15   In the year 1841 birth of lord Frederick Stanley, presenter of hockey's Stanley Cup  

Jan 18   Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 25   On this day in history birth of john Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet  

Jan 27   Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 28   On this day in history birth of henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa)  

Jan 28   On this day in history birth of viktor Ernst Nessler, composer  

Jan 30   On this day in history birth of alfred Townsend George, Civil War journalist, died in 1914  

Jan 03   In the year 1841 wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch (Official) Gazette, dies at 82  

Feb 11   On this day in history j H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter, dies at 55  

Feb 13   Thomas Ainsworth, English/Dutch industrialist, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

Feb 14   Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1841.  

Feb 15   Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Feb 17   In the year 1841 ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70  

Mar 01   On this day in history death of claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno, French marshal (b. 1764)  

Mar 16   Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49 in the year 1841.