Page 6: Historical Events In 1850

Oct 11   On this day in history louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38   

Oct 12   On this day in history 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens   

Oct 17   On this day in history james Young obtains a patent for the extraction of paraffin from shale, the beginning of the paraffin industry in West Lothian   

Oct 17   Knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized on this day in history.   

Oct 18   Francis Thome, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 19   Annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat in the year 1850.   

Nov 05   In the year 1850 ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69   

Nov 06   On this day in history 1st Hawaiian fire engine   

Nov 06   In the year 1850 yerba Buena and Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use   

Nov 08   Karel Komzak, composer in the year 1850.   

Nov 09   In the year 1850 lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist   

Nov 13   On this day in history robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island)   

Nov 13   The birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, British author in the year 1850.   

Nov 19   Alfred Tennyson becomes England's Poet Laureate until his death in 1892 in the year 1850.   

Nov 19   Lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate in the year 1850.   

Nov 20   In the year 1850 arthor Goring Thomas, composer   

Nov 26   Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929) in the year 1850.   

Nov 29   The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation in the year 1850.   

Dec 01   In the year 1850 peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer   

Dec 13   G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G ) in the year 1850.   

Dec 16   Fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83) on this day in history.   

Dec 16   History of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton in the year 1850.   

Dec 20   Hawaiian post office established in the year 1850.   

Dec 21   Zdenek Fibich, composer in the year 1850.   

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Department established on this day in history.   

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Dept established on this day in history.   

Dec 28   On this day in history rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire   

Dec 28   Rangoon, Burma, destroyed by fire in the year 1850.   

Dec 29   Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher was born in the year 1850.   

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

Jan 06   Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1850 birth of philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist   

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

Jan 14   Jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76   

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 in the year 1850.   

Jan 22   Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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   Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln died in the year 1850.   

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