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 in the year 1850.  

Oct 17   On this day in history james Young obtains a patent for the extraction of paraffin from shale, the beginning of the paraffin industry in West Lothian  

Oct 17   In the year 1850 knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized  

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   In the year 1850 ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69  

Nov 06   1st Hawaiian fire engine in the year 1850.  

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

Nov 08   Karel Komzak, composer in the year 1850.  

Nov 09   Lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist in the year 1850.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Nov 19   Lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate in the year 1850.  

Nov 20   Arthor Goring Thomas, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 26   In the year 1850 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 in the year 1850.  

Dec 01   In the year 1850 peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer  

Dec 13   G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G ) on this day in history.  

Dec 16   In the year 1850 fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)  

Dec 16   History of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton on this day in history.  

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

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

Dec 27   On this day in history hawaiian Fire Department established  

Dec 27   Hawaiian Fire Dept established in the year 1850.  

Dec 28   Rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire in the year 1850.  

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

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

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Jan 05   In the year 1850 birth of theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era)  

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 in the year 1850.  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist  

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of leon Francis Victor Caron, composer  

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 in the year 1850.  

Jan 14   On this day in history anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93  

Jan 20   Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779) died in the year 1850.  

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   In the year 1850 j Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85  

Feb 01   In the year 1850 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.