Page 4: Historical Events In 1852

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

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

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

Aug 05   In the year 1852 frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53   

Aug 08   On this day in history barend Barendse, actor/director (Wandering Jew)   

Aug 11   On this day in history nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70   

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

Aug 20   In the year 1852 steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard   

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   Tlingit warriors destroy Hudson's Bay Company Fort Selkirk, Yukon after the HBC tries to break the Tlingit monopoly on trade with interior tribes on this day in history.   

Aug 22   In the year 1852 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   On this day in history georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister   

Sep 03   On this day in history anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm   

Sep 11   Olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R on this day in history.   

Sep 12   In the year 1852 hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain (L, 1908-16)   

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

Sep 14   Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington, dies at 83 in the year 1852.   

Sep 15   On this day in history 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   On this day in history william Stewart Halsted, established 1st US surgical school   

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

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

Sep 25   In the year 1852 cornelis J Snijders, supreme commander of Dutch Navy (1910-18)   

Sep 27   George L Aiken's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," premieres in Troy, NY in the year 1852.   

Sep 28   On this day in history johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer, dies at 60   

Sep 28   On this day in history john [Denton Pinkstone] French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall   

Sep 30   Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist/composer on this day in history.   

Oct 02   William Ramsay, chemist in the year 1852.   

Oct 11   The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney on this day in history.   

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   James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   Joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 26   In the year 1852 birth of frederick Corder, composer   

Jan 26   In the year 1852 birth of pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa)   

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   On this day in history 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   Francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49 in the year 1852.   

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