Historical Events In 1851

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

Jul 23   On this day in history charles Bannerman, Aussie cricket batsman (1st centurion)  

Jul 23   Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by Sioux Indians & US in the year 1851.  

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   In the year 1851 total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph  

Jul 29   A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #15 Eunomia in the year 1851.  

Jul 29   In the year 1851 annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.  

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

Aug 12   In the year 1851 1st America's Cup-US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora  

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) on this day in history.  

Aug 17   Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist in the year 1851.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 25   In the year 1851 [Willem] Alexander KHF, prince of Orange/Netherlands  

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

Sep 04   John Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house member in the year 1851.  

Sep 13   In the year 1851 walter Reed, US Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever  

Sep 15   On this day in history emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish countess/writer (Sirena Negra)  

Sep 15   Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the year 1851.  

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

Sep 18   On this day in history new York Times starts publishing (2 cents a copy)  

Sep 18   NY Times starts publishing on this day in history.  

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

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

Oct 01   1st Hawaiian stamps issued on this day in history.  

Oct 01   The first Hawaiian stamps issued on this day in history.  

Oct 02   Ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I in the year 1851.  

Oct 02   The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass is demonstrated but proves to be a fake in the year 1851.  

Oct 15   George F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament) in the year 1851.  

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

Jan 14   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1851 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   In the year 1851 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   In the year 1851 death of esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805)  

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