Page 5: Historical Events In 1851

Oct 16   In the year 1851 james Ten Eyck, champion rower/coach (Ten Eyck Trophy namesake)   

Oct 21   In the year 1851 george Ulyett, cricketer (great Yorkshire all-rounder 1873-93)   

Oct 23   On this day in history guillaume Couture, composer   

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

Oct 24   In the year 1851 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   Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (co-founded Dow Jones/1st editor of Wall St Journal) (d.1902) in the year 1851.   

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   In the year 1851 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 in the year 1851.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 20   In the year 1851 wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75   

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

Nov 22   Opera "La Perle Du Brésil" is produced (Paris) in the year 1851.   

Nov 22   In the year 1851 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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1851 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   In the year 1851 theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08)   

Dec 19   On this day in history 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   In the year 1851 fire devastates Library of Congress in Wash, destroys 35,000 volumes   

Dec 24   On this day in history 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   In the year 1851 first Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston)   

Dec 29   In the year 1851 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   In the year 1851 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   In the year 1851 birth of johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer   

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

Jan 25   On this day in history birth of jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg)   

Jan 27   In the year 1851 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 in the year 1851.   

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

Jan 21   Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

Jan 24   On this day in history gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76   

Jan 27   John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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