Page 2: Historical Events In 1851

Feb 25   Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1851.   

Mar 03   Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3 cent piece) on this day in history.   

Mar 03   On this day in history congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3¢ piece)   

Mar 04   On this day in history michael Henkel, composer, dies at 70   

Mar 06   Alexander Aliabiev, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Mar 06   On this day in history dion Boucicault's "Love in a Maze," premieres in London   

Mar 07   Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends in the year 1851.   

Mar 11   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto", premieres in Venice in the year 1851.   

Mar 11   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," premieres in Venice in the year 1851.   

Mar 15   Jozef Surzynski, composer in the year 1851.   

Mar 19   On this day in history roque Saenz Pena, pres of Argentina (1910-14)   

Mar 21   In the year 1851 yosemite Valley discovered in California   

Mar 27   Ruperto Chapi y Lorente, composer in the year 1851.   

Apr 06   Canadian postal service transferred from British control; sets uniform postal rate of 3 pence a letter in the year 1851.   

Apr 07   Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 08   In the year 1851 john Parry, composer, dies at 75   

Apr 09   On this day in history antoine-Charles Glachant, composer, dies at 80   

Apr 09   C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (Neth Indies) on this day in history.   

Apr 12   On this day in history emil Liebling, composer   

Apr 15   In the year 1851 earl G Andressy sentenced to death in Hungary   

Apr 16   Ernst Josephson, Sweden, artist on this day in history.   

Apr 23   On this day in history canada issues its 1st postage stamps   

Apr 23   Civil engineer Sandford Fleming 1827-1915 designs the red Three-Pence Beaver stamp issued this day; the Province of Canada's first regular postage stamp in the year 1851.   

Apr 24   Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) on this day in history.   

May 01   Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London on this day in history.   

May 01   On this day in history great Exhibition opens in London's Hyde Park, at Crystal Palace   

May 03   Most of San Fransisco destroyed by fire; 30 die on this day in history.   

May 03   On this day in history most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die   

May 04   1st major SF fire in the year 1851.   

May 04   On this day in history the first major San Fransisco fire   

May 06   In the year 1851 dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"   

May 06   Linus Yale patents Yale-lock on this day in history.   

May 06   In the year 1851 new slave regulations go into effect in Suriname   

May 06   On this day in history san Fransisco Chamber of Commerce starts   

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Jan 09   Giuseppi Gallignani, composer was born in the year 1851.   

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

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   In the year 1851 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   In the year 1851 birth of rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega)   

Jan 10   Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775) died in the year 1851.   

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

Jan 19   Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805) died on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1851.