Historical Events In 1851

Oct 16   In the year 1851 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   Guillaume Couture, composer in the year 1851.  

Oct 24   In the year 1851 william Lassell discovers Ariel & Umbriel, satellites of Uranus  

Oct 24   In the year 1851 william Lassell discovers Ariel andUmbriel, satellites of Uranus  

Oct 30   Alfred de Mussets "Bettine," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

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

Nov 02   On this day in history 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) in the year 1851.  

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 on this day in history.  

Nov 11   Alvan Clark patents telescope on this day in history.  

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

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

Nov 18   Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80 in the year 1851.  

Nov 20   Wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Nov 21   On this day in history desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal  

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

Nov 22   The opera "La Perle Du Br‚sil" is produced (Paris) in the year 1851.  

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

Dec 04   In the year 1851 pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France  

Dec 09   1st Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal) in the year 1851.  

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

Dec 10   On this day in history melvil[le Louis K] Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries  

Dec 10   In the year 1851 the birth of Melvil Dewey, Devised the library classification system  

Dec 16   Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08) in the year 1851.  

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   Fire devastates Library of Congress in Wash, destroys 35,000 volumes in the year 1851.  

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

Dec 29   In the year 1851 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   In the year 1851 the first YMCA in the USA is organized in Boston.  

Dec 30   Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola in the year 1851.  

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Jan 09   Giuseppi Gallignani, composer was born on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 10   Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775) died in the year 1851.  

Jan 12   In the year 1851 johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72  

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   In the year 1851 john James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65  

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

Feb 16   On this day in history anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95