Historical Events In 1849

Sep 10   On this day in history 1st performance by US actor Edwin Booth (Richard III)  

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

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

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

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   De Kempenaer's Dutch govt resigns on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 21   Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic (Father & Son) in the year 1849.  

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   Dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium) in the year 1849.  

Sep 29   On this day in history 1st passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad)  

Sep 29   In the year 1849 first passenger train service to Peekskill NY (New Haven Railroad)  

Sep 29   Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history james Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (Raggedy Man)  

Oct 16   Arnold Krug, composer on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1849.  

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

Oct 30   Johan Willem, son of Dutch princess Marianne & coachman in the year 1849.  

Nov 01   On this day in history dutch govt of Thorbecke forms  

Nov 05   Rui Barbosa, Brazil, statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1849 1st US poultry show opens in Boston  

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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 in the year 1849.  

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of august Strindberg, Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia)  

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   On this day in history 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   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   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   On this day in history pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44  

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