Page 5: Historical Events In 1851

Oct 16   On this day in history james Ten Eyck, champion rower/coach (Ten Eyck Trophy namesake)   

Oct 21   George Ulyett, cricketer (great Yorkshire all-rounder 1873-93) in the year 1851.   

Oct 23   In the year 1851 guillaume Couture, composer   

Oct 24   William Lassell discovers Ariel & Umbriel, satellites of Uranus on this day in history.   

Oct 24   William Lassell discovers Ariel andUmbriel, satellites of Uranus on this day in history.   

Oct 30   On this day in history alfred de Mussets "Bettine," premieres in Paris   

Oct 31   In the year 1851 peter II Petrovic Njegos, bishop of Montenegro (1830-51), dies at 37   

Nov 02   On this day in history louis Napoleon takes power in France   

Nov 06   On this day in history charles Dow, American journalist and economist (co-founded Dow Jones/1st editor of Wall St Journal) (d.1902)   

Nov 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 1851.   

Nov 11   Alvan Clark patents telescope in the year 1851.   

Nov 13   In the year 1851 1st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands & Orange"   

Nov 14   "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published on this day in history.   

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

Nov 20   On this day in history wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75   

Nov 21   Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal in the year 1851.   

Nov 22   On this day in history opera "La Perle Du Brésil" is produced (Paris)   

Nov 22   On this day in history the opera "La Perle Du Br‚sil" is produced (Paris)   

Dec 02   Newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic in the year 1851.   

Dec 04   On this day in history pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France   

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

Dec 09   On this day in history first Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal)   

Dec 10   Melvil[le Louis K] Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries on this day in history.   

Dec 10   On this day in history the birth of Melvil Dewey, Devised the library classification system   

Dec 16   Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08) on this day in history.   

Dec 19   J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Dec 22   In the year 1851 the first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.   

Dec 24   In the year 1851 fire devastates Library of Congress in Wash, destroys 35,000 volumes   

Dec 24   In the year 1851 fire devastates Library of Congress in Washington destroys 35,000 volumes   

Dec 29   On this day in history 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston)   

Dec 29   First Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston) on this day in history.   

Dec 29   On this day in history the first YMCA in the USA is organized in Boston.   

Dec 30   Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola on this day in history.   

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

Jan 14   Theophile EA de Bock, Dutch painter/etcher/drawer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 19   David Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 19   Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 27   On this day in history birth of rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega)   

Jan 10   On this day in history death of karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)   

Jan 12   Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 19   On this day in history death of esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805)   

Jan 21   In the year 1851 gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49   

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

Feb 16   Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95 in the year 1851.