Page 4: Historical Events In 1852

Aug 01   SF Methodists establish inaugural black church, Zion Methodist.   

Aug 03   1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths.   

Aug 03   inaugural intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths   

Aug 05   Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53   

Aug 08   Barend Barendse, actor/director (Wandering Jew)   

Aug 11   Nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70.   

Aug 15   Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92   

Aug 20   Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard   

Aug 21   Benedetto Junck, composer.   

Aug 21   Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.   

Aug 21   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   Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (Political Struggle in Italy).   

Aug 30   Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901)   

Aug 31   Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister.   

Sep 03   Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm.   

Sep 11   Olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R.   

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

Sep 14   18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Conn takes office.   

Sep 14   Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington, dies at 83   

Sep 15   Jan E Matzeliger, Surinamese inventor (shoe lacing machine).   

Sep 20   Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro)   

Sep 23   William Stewart Halsted, established 1st US surgical school   

Sep 24   A new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated   

Sep 24   Henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight.   

Sep 25   Cornelis J Snijders, supreme commander of Dutch Navy (1910-18)   

Sep 27   George L Aiken's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," premieres in Troy, NY   

Sep 28   Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer, dies at 60.   

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

Sep 30   Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist/composer.   

Oct 02   William Ramsay, chemist   

Oct 11   The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney   

Oct 15   Wilhelm Posse, composer.   

Oct 16   Dutch Govt recognize Catholics right to organize.   

Oct 22   Hans C E Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king, dies at 86   

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Jan 01   Eugène-anatole demarçay: French chemist   

Jan 08   James milton carroll: American pastor and author    

Jan 11   Konstantin fehrenbach: German chancellor (1920-21)   

Jan 12   Joseph j c joffre: French fieldmarshal (indo china, marne)   

Jan 26   Frederick corder: Composer   

Jan 26   Pierre brazza: Explorer/colonial administrator (french africa)   

Jan 29   Frederick hymen cowen: Composer   

Jan 29   Ion luca caragiale: Romanian actor/playwright (o noapte furtunoasa)   

Jan 06   Louis braille: French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809)   

Jan 22   George rodwell: Composer,    

Jan 25   Fabian gottlieb von bellingshausen: Russian explorer (b. 1778)   

Feb 02   Francois mp liberman: French founder (congr of h heart),   

Feb 17   Micha joseph levenson: Hebrew poet,   

Feb 25   Thomas moore: Writer (utopia),   

Feb 27   Joseph drechsler: Composer,    

Feb 29   John landseer: Printer/engraver (royal academy),