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 in the year 1850.  

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   On this day in history annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat  

Nov 05   On this day in history ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69  

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

Nov 06   Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use in the year 1850.  

Nov 08   Karel Komzak, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 09   On this day in history lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist  

Nov 13   Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island) in the year 1850.  

Nov 13   On this day in history the birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, British author  

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 on this day in history.  

Nov 20   Arthor Goring Thomas, composer in the year 1850.  

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

Nov 29   In the year 1850 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Dec 21   Zdenek Fibich, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

Dec 28   In the year 1850 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 in the year 1850.  

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   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   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   Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93 in the year 1850.  

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

Jan 27   On this day in history 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)