Historical Events In 1850
Thursday, 05 February 2026
Jan 01 Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76. 


Jan 05 Calif Exchange opens 


Jan 05 California Exchange opens. 


Jan 05 Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher. 


Jan 06 Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era) 


Jan 10 Robert McClure and Richard Collinson set sail in the Enterprise and Investigator to start search for lost Franklin expedition. 


Jan 11 J C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts) 


Jan 13 Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer 


Jan 14 Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93 


Jan 14 Jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor. 


Jan 15 Mihail Eminesco, [Eminovici], Romanian poet (Samanul Dionis) 


Jan 17 Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, St Petersburg Russia, composer 


Jan 18 British blockade Piraeus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims. 


Jan 18 British blockade Piræus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims 


Jan 20 Investigator, 1st ship to effect northwest passage, leaves England 


Jan 20 Investigator, inaugural ship to effect northwest passage, leaves England. 


Jan 22 Alta California is recorded as becoming a daily paper, 1st such in Calif 


Jan 22 Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54 


Jan 26 1st German-language daily newspaper in US published, NYC 


Jan 26 Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies 


Jan 27 J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85. 


Jan 27 Samuel Gompers, Dutch/US 1st president (American Federation of Labor) 


Jan 29 Ebenezer Howard, London, pioneer of garden cities 


Jan 29 Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to US Senate. 


Feb 01 Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. 


Feb 01 Influenza in North America. 


Feb 01 Yellow fever in United States. 


Feb 02 Carel V Gerritsen, Dutch free thinker. 


Feb 05 Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz NY. 


Feb 05 Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, NY 


Feb 12 Amaat Vyncke, Flemish missionary (Flemish Flag) 


Feb 12 Original Washington's Farewell Address manuscript sells for $2300 


Feb 16 Octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid) 


Feb 17 Anton Urspruch, composer 


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