Page 2: Historical Events In 1850

Feb 18   On this day in history calif Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties   

Feb 18   In the year 1850 california Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties   

Feb 18   In the year 1850 george Henschel, composer   

Feb 22   Isaac L Rice, Germany, (namesake of Columbia Univ's Rice stadium) on this day in history.   

Feb 27   Henry Edwards Huntington, US, railroad exec on this day in history.   

Feb 28   Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist) on this day in history.   

Feb 28   On this day in history the University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah.   

Mar 05   In the year 1850 daniel Brink Towner, composer   

Mar 05   The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850 in the year 1850.   

Mar 07   Tomés G Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, Father/Pres of Czech (1918-35) in the year 1850.   

Mar 09   On this day in history alexandre Luigini, composer   

Mar 10   On this day in history mary Mills Patrick, US, 1st pres of Istanbul Woman's College   

Mar 11   On this day in history richard Blanshard arrives at Fort Victoria; reads proclamation establishing the new colony of Vancouver Island, with himself as the first Governor.   

Mar 11   Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school) on this day in history.   

Mar 11   In the year 1850 women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1st female medical school)   

Mar 12   1st US $20 gold piece issued on this day in history.   

Mar 12   US $20 gold piece first issued on this day in history.   

Mar 13   Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 16   Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published in the year 1850.   

Mar 18   American Express company formed in Buffalo, New York in the year 1850.   

Mar 18   Henry Wells & William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo on this day in history.   

Mar 19   Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Mar 21   Miguel Pedrorena, American settler in the year 1850.   

Mar 26   On this day in history edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward)   

Mar 27   In the year 1850 wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53   

Mar 29   On this day in history ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die   

Mar 30   SS Theresa Jane, the storm on this night was particularly bad and the Theresa Jane was one of a number of ships lost. She went onto the rocks of Mew Island, Belfast Lough during her sailing from Liverpool to Mauritius. Seven of the crew of fifteen lost their lives in the year 1850.   

Mar 31   John Calhoun, dies at 68 in the year 1850.   

Mar 31   On this day in history uS population hits 23,191,876 (Black population 3,638,808 (15.7%))   

Mar 31   US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%)) on this day in history.   

Apr 01   On this day in history sF County Govt established   

Apr 03   Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75 in the year 1850.   

Apr 04   In the year 1850 city of Los Angeles incorporated   

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher   

Jan 06   Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha)   

Jan 10   In the year 1850 birth of john Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891)   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of j C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts)   

Jan 11   Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist was born in the year 1850.   

Jan 13   In the year 1850 birth of leon Francis Victor Caron, composer   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor   

Jan 01   Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76 in the year 1850.   

Jan 14   Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93 in the year 1850.   

Jan 20   On this day in history death of adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779)   

Jan 22   In the year 1850 vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54   

Jan 26   Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 27   In the year 1850 j Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85   

Feb 01   In the year 1850 death of edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln   

Feb 25   On this day in history death of daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)