Page 5: Historical Events In 1851

Oct 23   Guillaume Couture, composer.   

Oct 24   William Lassell discovers Ariel and Umbriel, satellites of Uranus.   

Oct 24   William Lassell discovers Ariel andUmbriel, satellites of Uranus   

Oct 30   Alfred de Mussets "Bettine," premieres in Paris.   

Oct 31   Peter II Petrovic Njegos, bishop of Montenegro (1830-51), dies at 37   

Nov 02   Louis Napoleon takes power in France.   

Nov 06   Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (co-founded Dow Jones/1st editor of Wall St Journal) (d.1902)   

Nov 06   U.S. Navy expedition under command of LT William Lewis Herndon, on a mission to explore the valley of the Amazon and its tributaries, reaches Iquitos in the jungle region of the upper Amazon after their departure from Lima, Peru.   

Nov 09   Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape   

Nov 11   Alvan Clark patents telescope   

Nov 13   1st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands and Orange".   

Nov 14   "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published.   

Nov 18   Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80.   

Nov 20   Wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75.   

Nov 21   Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal   

Nov 22   Opera "La Perle Du Brésil" is produced (Paris).   

Nov 22   The opera "La Perle Du Br‚sil" is produced (Paris).   

Dec 02   Newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic   

Dec 04   Pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France   

Dec 09   1st Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal)   

Dec 09   inaugural Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal)   

Dec 10   Melvil Dewey, Devised the library classification system is born   

Dec 10   Melvil[le Louis K] Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries.   

Dec 16   Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08).   

Dec 19   J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam and Speed), dies at 76   

Dec 22   The inaugural freight train is operated in Roorkee, India   

Dec 24   Fire devastates Library of Congress in Wash, destroys 35000 volumes.   

Dec 24   Fire devastates Library of Congress in Washington destroys 35000 volumes   

Dec 29   1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston).   

Dec 29   inaugural Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston).   

Dec 29   The inaugural YMCA in the USA is organized in Boston.   

Dec 30   Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola.   

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Jan 09   Giuseppi gallignani: Composer   

Jan 14   Theophile ea de bock: Dutch painter/etcher/drawer   

Jan 17   A. b. frost: American illustrator   

Jan 19   David starr jordan: Ny, biologist/university pres (leland stanford)   

Jan 19   Johannes c kapteyn: Dutch astronomer   

Jan 25   Arne garborg: Norwegian playwright (bondestudentar)   

Jan 25   Jan blockx: Belgium, opera composer (sea bride princess of herberg)   

Jan 27   Rafael obligado: Argentina, writer (santos vega)   

Jan 10   Karl freiherr von müffling: Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)   

Jan 12   Johan herman koekkoek: Painter,   

Jan 19   Esteban echeverría: Argentine writer (b. 1805)   

Jan 21   Gustav albert lortzing: Composer,    

Jan 24   Gaspare luigi pacifico spontini: Italian composer,   

Jan 27   John james audubon: Conservationist (audubon society),   

Feb 01   Mary wollstonecraft shelley: Novelist (frankenstein),    

Feb 16   Anne nagell van ampsen: Dutch politician,