Page 4: Historical Events In 1852

Aug 01   In the year 1852 sF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist   

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   On this day in history nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70   

Aug 15   On this day in history 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   On this day in history tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.   

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   Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (Political Struggle in Italy) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 03   Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm on this day in history.   

Sep 11   Olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R in the year 1852.   

Sep 12   On this day in history hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain (L, 1908-16)   

Sep 14   On this day in history 18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Conn takes office   

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   Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro) in the year 1852.   

Sep 23   William Stewart Halsted, established 1st US surgical school in the year 1852.   

Sep 24   A new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated in the year 1852.   

Sep 24   Henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1852.   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 02   William Ramsay, chemist on this day in history.   

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

Oct 15   On this day in history wilhelm Posse, composer   

Oct 16   Dutch Govt recognize Catholics right to organize in the year 1852.   

Oct 22   In the year 1852 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 (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1852.   

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

Jan 26   Frederick Corder, composer was born in the year 1852.   

Jan 26   Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa) was born in the year 1852.   

Jan 29   On this day in history birth of frederick Hymen Cowen, composer   

Jan 29   In the year 1852 birth of ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa)   

Jan 06   In the year 1852 death of louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809)   

Jan 22   On this day in history george Rodwell, composer, dies at 51   

Jan 25   In the year 1852 death of fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778)   

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 in the year 1852.   

Feb 27   Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Feb 29   John Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies in the year 1852.