Historical Events In 1849

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

Sep 10   In the year 1849 edwin Booth, later to assassinate president Abraham Lincoln, makes his acting debut.  

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

Sep 13   The first US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy) in the year 1849.  

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

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

Sep 18   On this day in history de Kempenaer's Dutch govt resigns  

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

Sep 19   On this day in history first commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California  

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

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

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

Sep 25   Johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 45 in the year 1849.  

Sep 28   On this day in history dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium)  

Sep 29   1st passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad) in the year 1849.  

Sep 29   First passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad) in the year 1849.  

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" in the year 1849.  

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

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

Oct 07   James Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (Raggedy Man) on this day in history.  

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

Oct 17   Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

Oct 19   Elizabeth Blackwell became first woman in US to receive medical degree in the year 1849.  

Oct 30   In the year 1849 johan Willem, son of Dutch princess Marianne & coachman  

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

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

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   William Etty, English painter (nudist), dies at 62 in the year 1849.  

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

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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   On this day in history birth of oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (bath house)  

Jan 12   In the year 1849 birth of jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935)  

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 in the year 1849.  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1849 corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76  

Feb 13   In the year 1849 christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61  

Feb 15   Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44 in the year 1849.  

Feb 22   Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28 in the year 1849.