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   1st US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy) on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 17   Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer in the year 1849.  

Sep 18   In the year 1849 de Kempenaer's Dutch govt resigns  

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

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

Sep 21   In the year 1849 edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son)  

Sep 22   John Godden, English explorer (Curacao) in the year 1849.  

Sep 23   Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 29   In the year 1849 ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer  

Oct 03   In the year 1849 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   In the year 1849 basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"  

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

Oct 07   Edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40 on this day in history.  

Oct 07   James Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (Raggedy Man) in the year 1849.  

Oct 16   Arnold Krug, composer in the year 1849.  

Oct 16   Avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania in the year 1849.  

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   On this day in history elizabeth Blackwell became first woman in US to receive medical degree  

Oct 30   On this day in history 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   On this day in history peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California  

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

Nov 15   In the year 1849 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   On this day in history birth of oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (bath house)  

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

Jan 18   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1849.  

Jan 16   Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69 in the year 1849.  

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 in the year 1849.  

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