Page 6: Historical Events In 1850

Oct 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1850.   

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

Nov 05   In the year 1850 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   On this day in history karel Komzak, composer   

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

Nov 13   In the year 1850 robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author (Treasure Island)   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 26   On this day in history 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   G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G ) in the year 1850.   

Dec 16   Fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83) in the year 1850.   

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   On this day in history hawaiian post office established   

Dec 21   On this day in history zdenek Fibich, composer   

Dec 27   In the year 1850 hawaiian Fire Department established   

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Dept established in the year 1850.   

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   Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   In the year 1850 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   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   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   In the year 1850 birth of leon Francis Victor Caron, composer   

Jan 14   Jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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.