Page 6: Historical Events In 1850

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

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

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   Knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized in the year 1850.   

Oct 18   In the year 1850 francis Thome, composer   

Oct 19   In the year 1850 annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat   

Nov 05   Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69 in the year 1850.   

Nov 06   1st Hawaiian fire engine in the year 1850.   

Nov 06   In the year 1850 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   Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island) in the year 1850.   

Nov 13   In the year 1850 the birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, British author   

Nov 19   On this day in history alfred Tennyson becomes England's Poet Laureate until his death in 1892   

Nov 19   In the year 1850 lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate   

Nov 20   In the year 1850 arthor Goring Thomas, composer   

Nov 26   In the year 1850 henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929)   

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   In the year 1850 peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer   

Dec 13   On this day in history g F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G )   

Dec 16   On this day in history fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)   

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   In the year 1850 zdenek Fibich, composer   

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Department established in the year 1850.   

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Dept established in the year 1850.   

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

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

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   On this day in history birth of eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era)   

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

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

Jan 11   J C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1850 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   In the year 1850 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   In the year 1850 anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93   

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   Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782) died in the year 1850.