Page 5: Historical Events In 1849

Sep 10   1st performance by US actor Edwin Booth (Richard III) on this day in history.   

Sep 10   On this day in history edwin Booth, later to assassinate president Abraham Lincoln, makes his acting debut.   

Sep 13   1st US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy) on this day in history.   

Sep 13   On this day in history the first US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy)   

Sep 14   In the year 1849 ivan Pavlov, Russia, physiologist/pioneer in psychology (Nobel 1904)   

Sep 17   Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 18   De Kempenaer's Dutch govt resigns on this day in history.   

Sep 19   1st commercial laundry established, in Oaklan, California in the year 1849.   

Sep 19   First commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California in the year 1849.   

Sep 21   In the year 1849 edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son)   

Sep 22   In the year 1849 john Godden, English explorer (Curacao)   

Sep 23   Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 25   In the year 1849 johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 45   

Sep 28   Dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium) on this day in history.   

Sep 29   On this day in history 1st passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad)   

Sep 29   First passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad) on this day in history.   

Sep 29   Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 03   On this day in history american author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.   

Oct 06   Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" on this day in history.   

Oct 06   In the year 1849 the execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.   

Oct 07   On this day in history edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40   

Oct 07   In the year 1849 james Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (Raggedy Man)   

Oct 16   In the year 1849 arnold Krug, composer   

Oct 16   Avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

Oct 16   In the year 1849 george Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies   

Oct 17   On this day in history frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39   

Oct 19   On this day in history elizabeth Blackwell became first woman in US to receive medical degree   

Oct 30   Johan Willem, son of Dutch princess Marianne & coachman in the year 1849.   

Nov 01   Dutch govt of Thorbecke forms on this day in history.   

Nov 05   On this day in history rui Barbosa, Brazil, statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties   

Nov 08   Edward Julius Biedermann, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 13   In the year 1849 peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California   

Nov 13   In the year 1849 william Etty, English painter (nudist), dies at 62   

Nov 15   In the year 1849 1st US poultry show opens in Boston   

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Jan 09   In the year 1849 birth of john Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (d. 1935)   

Jan 11   In the year 1849 birth of oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (bath house)   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935)   

Jan 18   In the year 1849 birth of edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03)   

Jan 22   In the year 1849 birth of august Strindberg, Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia)   

Feb 02   Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (d. 1921) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 04   Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 13   Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father was born in the year 1849.   

Jan 09   Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69 in the year 1849.   

Jan 26   In the year 1849 death of thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45   

Feb 08   In the year 1849 france Preseren, Slovenian poet (Sonetni Venec), dies at 48   

Feb 09   Corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1849.   

Feb 13   Christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1849.   

Feb 15   On this day in history pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44   

Feb 22   Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28 on this day in history.