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   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   On this day in history knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized   

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

Oct 19   Annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat on this day in history.   

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

Nov 08   Karel Komzak, composer in the year 1850.   

Nov 09   Lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist on this day in history.   

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

Nov 13   The birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, British author on this day in history.   

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

Nov 19   Lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate on this day in history.   

Nov 20   On this day in history 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   Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer in the year 1850.   

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   On this day in history history of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton.   

Dec 20   Hawaiian post office established on this day in history.   

Dec 21   On this day in history zdenek Fibich, composer   

Dec 27   In the year 1850 hawaiian Fire Department established   

Dec 27   On this day in history hawaiian Fire Dept established   

Dec 28   In the year 1850 rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire   

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

Dec 29   On this day in history 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   Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha)   

Jan 10   John Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891) was born in the year 1850.   

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

Jan 11   Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist was born in the year 1850.   

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

Jan 14   In the year 1850 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   In the year 1850 vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54   

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

Jan 27   J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85 in the year 1850.   

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.