Historical Events In 1849

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

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

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

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

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

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   In the year 1849 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   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   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   On this day in history arnold Krug, composer  

Oct 16   On this day in history avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania  

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

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

Nov 01   In the year 1849 dutch govt of Thorbecke forms  

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   On this day in history peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California  

Nov 13   William Etty, English painter (nudist), dies at 62 in the year 1849.  

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

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Jan 09   John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (d. 1935) was born in the year 1849.  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (bath house)  

Jan 12   Jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1849.  

Feb 02   In the year 1849 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   Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father was born in the year 1849.  

Jan 09   Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83 in the year 1849.  

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

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

Feb 08   On this day in history france Preseren, Slovenian poet (Sonetni Venec), dies at 48  

Feb 09   On this day in history 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.