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   In the year 1849 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 in the year 1849.   

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

Sep 29   Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer in the year 1849.   

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

Oct 16   In the year 1849 arnold Krug, composer   

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

Oct 16   George Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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   In the year 1849 jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83   

Jan 16   Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Jan 26   Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45 died in the year 1849.   

Feb 08   France Preseren, Slovenian poet (Sonetni Venec), dies at 48 in the year 1849.   

Feb 09   In the year 1849 corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76   

Feb 13   Christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

Feb 22   On this day in history alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28