Page 6: Historical Events In 1850

Oct 11   Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38 in the year 1850.   

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

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

Oct 17   On this day in history knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized   

Oct 18   In the year 1850 francis Thome, composer   

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

Nov 05   Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Nov 06   1st Hawaiian fire engine on this day in history.   

Nov 06   On this day in history yerba Buena and Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use   

Nov 08   In the year 1850 karel Komzak, composer   

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

Nov 13   In the year 1850 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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 20   On this day in history arthor Goring Thomas, composer   

Nov 26   Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929) on this day in history.   

Nov 29   On this day in history the treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.   

Dec 01   Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 20   In the year 1850 hawaiian post office established   

Dec 21   Zdenek Fibich, composer in the year 1850.   

Dec 27   On this day in history hawaiian Fire Department established   

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

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

Dec 28   Rangoon, Burma, destroyed by fire on this day in history.   

Dec 29   In the year 1850 tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer   

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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   Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha) was born in the year 1850.   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of john Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891)   

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

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist   

Jan 13   Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   In the year 1850 raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76   

Jan 14   On this day in history anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93   

Jan 20   In the year 1850 death of adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779)   

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

Jan 26   In the year 1850 francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies   

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 on this day in history.   

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