Historical Events In 1851

Jul 19   In the year 1851 hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer (head of Jut)  

Jul 23   Charles Bannerman, Aussie cricket batsman (1st centurion) in the year 1851.  

Jul 23   Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by Sioux Indians & US on this day in history.  

Jul 24   In the year 1851 window tax abolished in Britain  

Jul 28   In the year 1851 first ever photograph of a total eclipse of the Sun made  

Jul 28   Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph in the year 1851.  

Jul 29   A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #15 Eunomia on this day in history.  

Jul 29   On this day in history annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.  

Aug 03   In the year 1851 isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader  

Aug 12   1st America's Cup-US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora on this day in history.  

Aug 12   On this day in history isaac Singer granted patent for his sewing machine  

Aug 13   On this day in history john Lincoln Clem, Drummer (Union volunteers), died in 1937  

Aug 15   [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat) in the year 1851.  

Aug 17   In the year 1851 henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist  

Aug 19   Frans Schollaert, Belgian premier (1908-11) in the year 1851.  

Aug 19   Gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1851.  

Aug 22   Gold fields discovered in Australia in the year 1851.  

Aug 22   On this day in history yacht "America" wins first Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup)  

Aug 25   On this day in history [Willem] Alexander KHF, prince of Orange/Netherlands  

Aug 29   Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.  

Sep 04   In the year 1851 john Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house member  

Sep 13   Walter Reed, US Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever in the year 1851.  

Sep 15   Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish countess/writer (Sirena Negra) in the year 1851.  

Sep 15   On this day in history saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  

Sep 18   In the year 1851 new York Times publishes for the first time  

Sep 18   New York Times starts publishing (2 cents a copy) on this day in history.  

Sep 18   NY Times starts publishing in the year 1851.  

Sep 22   In the year 1851 the city of Des Moines, Iowa was incorporated as Fort Des Moines.  

Sep 28   Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Judah) on this day in history.  

Oct 01   On this day in history 1st Hawaiian stamps issued  

Oct 01   On this day in history the first Hawaiian stamps issued  

Oct 02   Ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I on this day in history.  

Oct 02   The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass is demonstrated but proves to be a fake on this day in history.  

Oct 15   George F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament) on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 17   A. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. 1928) was born in the year 1851.  

Jan 19   In the year 1851 birth of david Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford)  

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer  

Jan 25   Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar) was born in the year 1851.  

Jan 25   Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg) was born in the year 1851.  

Jan 27   Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega) was born in the year 1851.  

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   Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805) died in the year 1851.  

Jan 21   Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 27   On this day in history john James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65  

Feb 01   Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53 in the year 1851.  

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