Page 2: Historical Events In 1850

Feb 18   Calif Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties in the year 1850.   

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

Feb 18   In the year 1850 george Henschel, composer   

Feb 22   In the year 1850 isaac L Rice, Germany, (namesake of Columbia Univ's Rice stadium)   

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

Feb 28   On this day in history hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist)   

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 in the year 1850.   

Mar 07   Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850 on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Tomés G Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, Father/Pres of Czech (1918-35) on this day in history.   

Mar 09   Alexandre Luigini, composer in the year 1850.   

Mar 10   Mary Mills Patrick, US, 1st pres of Istanbul Woman's College in the year 1850.   

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

Mar 11   Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school) in the year 1850.   

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

Mar 12   In the year 1850 1st US $20 gold piece issued   

Mar 12   US $20 gold piece first issued in the year 1850.   

Mar 13   On this day in history emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer   

Mar 16   In the year 1850 nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published   

Mar 18   American Express company formed in Buffalo, New York on this day in history.   

Mar 18   Henry Wells & William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo in the year 1850.   

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

Mar 21   In the year 1850 miguel Pedrorena, American settler   

Mar 26   In the year 1850 edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward)   

Mar 27   Wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Mar 29   Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die on this day in history.   

Mar 30   In the year 1850 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.   

Mar 31   In the year 1850 john Calhoun, dies at 68   

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

Mar 31   In the year 1850 uS population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%))   

Apr 01   SF County Govt established on this day in history.   

Apr 03   Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1850 birth of eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era)   

Jan 06   In the year 1850 birth of franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha)   

Jan 10   John Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891) was born in the year 1850.   

Jan 11   In the year 1850 birth of j C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts)   

Jan 11   In the year 1850 birth of philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist   

Jan 13   Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer was born in the year 1850.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779) died on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln   

Feb 25   In the year 1850 death of daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)