Page 6: Historical Events In 1850

Oct 11   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   

Oct 17   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   

Oct 18   Francis Thome, composer.   

Oct 19   Annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat.   

Nov 05   Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69.   

Nov 06   1st Hawaiian fire engine   

Nov 06   Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use   

Nov 08   Karel Komzak, composer   

Nov 09   Lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist.   

Nov 13   Robert Louis Stevenson, British author is born.   

Nov 13   Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island)   

Nov 19   Alfred Tennyson is recorded as becoming England's Poet Laureate until his death in 1892   

Nov 19   Lord Tennyson is recorded as becoming British poet laureate.   

Nov 20   Arthor Goring Thomas, composer.   

Nov 26   Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929)   

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.   

Dec 01   Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer.   

Dec 13   G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G ).   

Dec 16   Fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts and England bowler 1880-83)   

Dec 16   History of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the inaugural of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton   

Dec 20   Hawaiian post office established.   

Dec 21   Zdenek Fibich, composer.   

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Department established.   

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Dept established.   

Dec 28   Rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire.   

Dec 28   Rangoon, Burma, destroyed by fire.   

Dec 29   Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer.   

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Jan 05   Theodoor verstraete: Flemish painter/etcher   

Jan 06   Eduard "ede" bernstein: German marxist (new era)   

Jan 06   Franz xaver scharwenka: German pianist/composer (mataswintha)   

Jan 10   John wellborn root: American architect    

Jan 11   J c arthur: Lowville ny, botanist (studied rusts)   

Jan 11   Philipp la renotiere von ferrary: Famous philatelist   

Jan 13   Leon francis victor caron: Composer   

Jan 14   Jean de reszke: [jan mieczyslaw], polish tenor   

Jan 01   Raphael g kiesewetter: Austria musicologist,   

Jan 14   Anthony van hoboken: Rotterdam merchant/ship owner,   

Jan 20   Adam oehlenschläger: Danish poet (b. 1779)   

Jan 22   Vincenzo pallotti: Italian saint,   

Jan 26   Francis jeffrey: Baron jeffrey, judge/literary critic,   

Jan 27   J gottfried schadow: German sculptor/cartoonist/writer,    

Feb 01   Edward baker lincoln: Son of u.s. president abraham lincoln   

Feb 25   Daoguang: Emperor of china (b. 1782)