Page 5: Historical Events In 1849

Sep 10   1st performance by US actor Edwin Booth (Richard III) in the year 1849.   

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

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

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

Sep 14   On this day in history 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 in the year 1849.   

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

Sep 19   First commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California on this day in history.   

Sep 21   Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son) in the year 1849.   

Sep 22   John Godden, English explorer (Curacao) on this day in history.   

Sep 23   On this day in history mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer   

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

Sep 28   In the year 1849 dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium)   

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

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

Sep 29   On this day in history ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer   

Oct 03   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 in the year 1849.   

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   On this day in history james Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (Raggedy Man)   

Oct 16   Arnold Krug, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 16   In the year 1849 avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania   

Oct 16   George Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies in the year 1849.   

Oct 17   In the year 1849 frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39   

Oct 19   Elizabeth Blackwell became first woman in US to receive medical degree on this day in history.   

Oct 30   Johan Willem, son of Dutch princess Marianne & coachman on this day in history.   

Nov 01   On this day in history dutch govt of Thorbecke forms   

Nov 05   In the year 1849 rui Barbosa, Brazil, statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties   

Nov 08   On this day in history edward Julius Biedermann, composer   

Nov 13   Peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California in the year 1849.   

Nov 13   William Etty, English painter (nudist), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Nov 15   On this day in history 1st US poultry show opens in Boston   

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Jan 09   On this day in history birth of john Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (d. 1935)   

Jan 11   Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (bath house) was born in the year 1849.   

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

Jan 18   Edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03) was born in the year 1849.   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of august Strindberg, Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia)   

Feb 02   Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (d. 1921) was born in the year 1849.   

Feb 04   In the year 1849 birth of jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux)   

Feb 13   In the year 1849 birth of lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father   

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

Jan 16   On this day in history wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69   

Jan 26   On this day in history death of thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45   

Feb 08   France Preseren, Slovenian poet (Sonetni Venec), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

Feb 09   Corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Feb 13   On this day in history christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61   

Feb 15   In the year 1849 pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44   

Feb 22   In the year 1849 alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28