Page 5: Historical Events In 1849

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

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

Sep 13   In the year 1849 1st US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy)   

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

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

Sep 17   On this day in history vaclav Juda Novotny, composer   

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

Sep 19   1st commercial laundry established, in Oaklan, California on this day in history.   

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

Sep 21   Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son) on this day in history.   

Sep 22   On this day in history john Godden, English explorer (Curacao)   

Sep 23   In the year 1849 mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer   

Sep 25   On this day in history johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 45   

Sep 28   Dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium) in the year 1849.   

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 06   In the year 1849 basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"   

Oct 06   The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence on this day in history.   

Oct 07   Edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40 in the year 1849.   

Oct 07   On this day in history james Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (Raggedy Man)   

Oct 16   On this day in history arnold Krug, composer   

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

Oct 16   On this day in history 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   Elizabeth Blackwell became first woman in US to receive medical degree in the year 1849.   

Oct 30   On this day in history johan Willem, son of Dutch princess Marianne & coachman   

Nov 01   Dutch govt of Thorbecke forms in the year 1849.   

Nov 05   Rui Barbosa, Brazil, statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties in the year 1849.   

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

Nov 13   Peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California on this day in history.   

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

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

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Jan 09   John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (d. 1935) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (bath house) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935) was born in the year 1849.   

Jan 18   Edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   August Strindberg, Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 02   On this day in history birth of pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (d. 1921)   

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

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   Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Jan 26   In the year 1849 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 in the year 1849.   

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

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

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