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   On this day in history george Ulyett, cricketer (great Yorkshire all-rounder 1873-93)   

Oct 23   On this day in history guillaume Couture, composer   

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

Oct 24   William Lassell discovers Ariel andUmbriel, satellites of Uranus in the year 1851.   

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

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

Nov 02   Louis Napoleon takes power in France on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1851 alvan Clark patents telescope   

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

Nov 14   In the year 1851 "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   In the year 1851 opera "La Perle Du Brésil" is produced (Paris)   

Nov 22   The opera "La Perle Du Br‚sil" is produced (Paris) on this day in history.   

Dec 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1851 1st Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal)   

Dec 09   In the year 1851 first Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal)   

Dec 10   Melvil[le Louis K] Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries in the year 1851.   

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) in the year 1851.   

Dec 19   J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76 in the year 1851.   

Dec 22   The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India on this day in history.   

Dec 24   Fire devastates Library of Congress in Wash, destroys 35,000 volumes on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1851.   

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

Dec 30   In the year 1851 asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola   

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

Jan 14   In the year 1851 birth of theophile EA de Bock, Dutch painter/etcher/drawer   

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of a. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. 1928)   

Jan 19   In the year 1851 birth of david Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford)   

Jan 19   Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer was born in the year 1851.   

Jan 25   On this day in history birth of arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)   

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

Jan 27   Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega) was born in the year 1851.   

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

Jan 12   On this day in history johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72   

Jan 19   Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805) died on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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