Historical Events In 1851

Jul 19   Hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer (head of Jut) in the year 1851.  

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

Jul 23   On this day in history treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by Sioux Indians & US  

Jul 24   Window tax abolished in Britain in the year 1851.  

Jul 28   First ever photograph of a total eclipse of the Sun made on this day in history.  

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

Jul 29   In the year 1851 a De Gasparis discovers asteroid #15 Eunomia  

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

Aug 03   On this day in history isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader  

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

Aug 12   Isaac Singer granted patent for his sewing machine in the year 1851.  

Aug 13   In the year 1851 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   In the year 1851 frans Schollaert, Belgian premier (1908-11)  

Aug 19   Gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Aug 22   On this day in history gold fields discovered in Australia  

Aug 22   In the year 1851 yacht "America" wins first Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup)  

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

Aug 29   In the year 1851 willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer  

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   On this day in history new York Times publishes for the first time  

Sep 18   In the year 1851 new York Times starts publishing (2 cents a copy)  

Sep 18   On this day in history nY Times starts publishing  

Sep 22   On this day in history 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   1st Hawaiian stamps issued on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1851.  

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

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Jan 09   In the year 1851 birth of giuseppi Gallignani, composer  

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   Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 10   Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775) died on this day in history.  

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   Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76 in the year 1851.  

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

Feb 01   On this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53  

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