Historical Events In 1851

Jan 01   On this day in history city of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line  

Jan 09   On this day in history giuseppi Gallignani, composer  

Jan 12   On this day in history johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72  

Jan 14   In the year 1851 theophile EA de Bock, Dutch painter/etcher/drawer  

Jan 15   In the year 1851 gen Arista replaces Mexican Pres Herrera  

Jan 15   In the year 1851 general Arista replaces Mexican President Herrera  

Jan 19   David Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford) on this day in history.  

Jan 21   In the year 1851 gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49  

Jan 24   On this day in history gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76  

Jan 25   On this day in history arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)  

Jan 25   On this day in history sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)  

Jan 25   On this day in history sojourner Truth addresses first Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)  

Jan 27   John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jan 27   Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega) on this day in history.  

Jan 28   Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered on this day in history.  

Jan 31   In the year 1851 gail Borden announces invention of evaporated milk  

Jan 31   In Hamilton Ontario Hamilton Gas Light Company installs first lamps in the year 1851.  

Jan 31   San Francisco Orphan's Asylum, first in California founded on this day in history.  

Feb 01   On this day in history anti-transportation groups meet in Melbourne to lobby for permanent end to shipping of convicts to eastern Australian colonies.  

Feb 01   Cholera in United States in the year 1851.  

Feb 01   On this day in history death of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, British author of Frankenstein.  

Feb 01   On this day in history mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, dies at age 53.  

Feb 01   Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Feb 03   In the year 1851 johannes B van Heutsz, lt-gen/gov-gen Dutch East Indies  

Feb 06   On this day in history robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch," premieres in Düsseldorf  

Feb 06   On this day in history robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch," premieres in Dusseldorf  

Feb 08   Kate O'Flaherty Chopin, novelist on this day in history.  

Feb 11   1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania v Vic, Launceston in the year 1851.  

Feb 11   First cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania vs Victoria, Launceston on this day in history.  

Feb 15   On this day in history black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave  

Feb 15   In the year 1851 black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescuing a fugitive slave  

Feb 16   In the year 1851 anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95  

Feb 20   In the year 1851 josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81  

Feb 22   The Kirkwood runs aground in New Jersey, mistaking the Smith Hotel for a vessel that refused to return its signal on this day in history.  

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Jan 09   On this day in history birth of giuseppi Gallignani, composer  

Jan 14   Theophile EA de Bock, Dutch painter/etcher/drawer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   A. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. 1928) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 19   David Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford) was born in the year 1851.  

Jan 19   In the year 1851 birth of johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer  

Jan 25   In the year 1851 birth of arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)  

Jan 25   Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 27   On this day in history birth of rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega)  

Jan 10   On this day in history death of karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)  

Jan 12   In the year 1851 johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72  

Jan 19   On this day in history death of esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805)  

Jan 21   In the year 1851 gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49  

Jan 24   In the year 1851 gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76  

Jan 27   John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65 in the year 1851.  

Feb 01   Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Feb 16   In the year 1851 anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95