Historical Events In 1851

Jan 01   In the year 1851 city of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line  

Jan 09   Giuseppi Gallignani, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   On this day in history theophile EA de Bock, Dutch painter/etcher/drawer  

Jan 15   Gen Arista replaces Mexican Pres Herrera on this day in history.  

Jan 15   General Arista replaces Mexican President Herrera in the year 1851.  

Jan 19   On this day in history david Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford)  

Jan 21   On this day in history 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   Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar) in the year 1851.  

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

Jan 25   In the year 1851 sojourner Truth addresses first Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)  

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

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

Jan 28   In the year 1851 northwestern University (Chicago) chartered  

Jan 31   On this day in history gail Borden announces invention of evaporated milk  

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

Jan 31   In the year 1851 san Francisco Orphan's Asylum, first in California founded  

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

Feb 01   On this day in history cholera in United States  

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

Feb 01   Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, dies at age 53 in the year 1851.  

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

Feb 03   Johannes B van Heutsz, lt-gen/gov-gen Dutch East Indies in the year 1851.  

Feb 06   Robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch," premieres in Düsseldorf on this day in history.  

Feb 06   In the year 1851 robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch," premieres in Dusseldorf  

Feb 08   In the year 1851 kate O'Flaherty Chopin, novelist  

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 in the year 1851.  

Feb 15   Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave in the year 1851.  

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

Feb 16   Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 22   In the year 1851 the Kirkwood runs aground in New Jersey, mistaking the Smith Hotel for a vessel that refused to return its signal.  

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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   In the year 1851 birth of a. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. 1928)  

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of david Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford)  

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

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

Jan 25   On this day in history birth of jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg)  

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

Jan 10   In the year 1851 death of karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)  

Jan 12   Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72 in the year 1851.  

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

Jan 21   Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1851.  

Jan 24   On this day in history 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   Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95 on this day in history.