Page 5: Historical Events In 1851

Oct 16   In the year 1851 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   On this day in history william Lassell discovers Ariel andUmbriel, satellites of Uranus   

Oct 30   Alfred de Mussets "Bettine," premieres in Paris in the year 1851.   

Oct 31   Peter II Petrovic Njegos, bishop of Montenegro (1830-51), dies at 37 on this day in history.   

Nov 02   Louis Napoleon takes power in France in the year 1851.   

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   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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Nov 13   1st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands & Orange" on this day in history.   

Nov 14   "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published in the year 1851.   

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

Dec 02   On this day in history 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 in the year 1851.   

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

Dec 10   The birth of Melvil Dewey, Devised the library classification system in the year 1851.   

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

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

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

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of giuseppi Gallignani, composer   

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

Jan 17   In the year 1851 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1851 birth of arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)   

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   In the year 1851 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   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 in the year 1851.   

Feb 01   Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53 in the year 1851.   

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