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   1st US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy) in the year 1849.  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 18   De Kempenaer's Dutch govt resigns in the year 1849.  

Sep 19   1st commercial laundry established, in Oaklan, California in the year 1849.  

Sep 19   In the year 1849 first commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California  

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

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   In the year 1849 johann Baptist Strauss, elder, composer (Radetzky-Marsch), dies at 45  

Sep 28   Dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 29   In the year 1849 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   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   James Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (Raggedy Man) on this day in history.  

Oct 16   Arnold Krug, composer in the year 1849.  

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

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

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   Johan Willem, son of Dutch princess Marianne & coachman in the year 1849.  

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

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   In the year 1849 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 in the year 1849.  

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Jan 09   In the year 1849 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   On this day in history birth of jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935)  

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 in the year 1849.  

Feb 02   Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (d. 1921) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 04   On this day in history birth of jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux)  

Feb 13   Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father was born in the year 1849.  

Jan 09   In the year 1849 jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83  

Jan 16   In the year 1849 wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69  

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 on this day in history.  

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