Historical Events In 1850

Oct 17   In the year 1850 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 in the year 1850.  

Oct 18   In the year 1850 francis Thome, composer  

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

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

Nov 06   In the year 1850 1st Hawaiian fire engine  

Nov 06   Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use on this day in history.  

Nov 08   In the year 1850 karel Komzak, composer  

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

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   In the year 1850 lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate  

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   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   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   Zdenek Fibich, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 27   In the year 1850 hawaiian Fire Department established  

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

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

Dec 28   On this day in history rangoon, Burma, destroyed by fire  

Dec 29   Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer in the year 1850.  

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Jan 05   Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era) was born in the year 1850.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 13   Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer was born in the year 1850.  

Jan 14   In the year 1850 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   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   Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies in the year 1850.  

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   Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782) died on this day in history.