Historical Events In 1852

Aug 01   SF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist in the year 1852.  

Aug 03   On this day in history 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths  

Aug 03   First intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths in the year 1852.  

Aug 05   On this day in history frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53  

Aug 08   In the year 1852 barend Barendse, actor/director (Wandering Jew)  

Aug 11   Nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70 in the year 1852.  

Aug 15   In the year 1852 johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92  

Aug 20   Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard on this day in history.  

Aug 21   In the year 1852 benedetto Junck, composer  

Aug 21   Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory on this day in history.  

Aug 21   In the year 1852 tlingit warriors destroy Hudson's Bay Company Fort Selkirk, Yukon after the HBC tries to break the Tlingit monopoly on trade with interior tribes.  

Aug 22   On this day in history alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (Political Struggle in Italy)  

Aug 30   On this day in history jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901)  

Aug 31   Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister in the year 1852.  

Sep 03   Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm in the year 1852.  

Sep 11   In the year 1852 olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R  

Sep 12   Hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain (L, 1908-16) in the year 1852.  

Sep 14   18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Conn takes office in the year 1852.  

Sep 14   On this day in history arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington, dies at 83  

Sep 15   In the year 1852 jan E Matzeliger, Surinamese inventor (shoe lacing machine)  

Sep 20   On this day in history edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro)  

Sep 23   In the year 1852 william Stewart Halsted, established 1st US surgical school  

Sep 24   On this day in history a new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated  

Sep 24   On this day in history henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight  

Sep 25   Cornelis J Snijders, supreme commander of Dutch Navy (1910-18) in the year 1852.  

Sep 27   George L Aiken's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," premieres in Troy, NY on this day in history.  

Sep 28   Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1852.  

Sep 28   John [Denton Pinkstone] French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall in the year 1852.  

Sep 30   Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist/composer in the year 1852.  

Oct 02   On this day in history william Ramsay, chemist  

Oct 11   In the year 1852 the University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.  

Oct 15   Wilhelm Posse, composer in the year 1852.  

Oct 16   On this day in history dutch Govt recognize Catholics right to organize  

Oct 22   Hans C E Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1852 birth of eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904)  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of james Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931)  

Jan 11   Konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor (1920-21) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne)  

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of frederick Corder, composer  

Jan 26   Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 29   Frederick Hymen Cowen, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 29   Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809) died in the year 1852.  

Jan 22   In the year 1852 george Rodwell, composer, dies at 51  

Jan 25   Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778) died on this day in history.  

Feb 02   In the year 1852 francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49  

Feb 17   On this day in history micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies  

Feb 25   Thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 27   In the year 1852 joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69  

Feb 29   On this day in history john Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies