Page 5: Historical Events In 1852

Oct 23   Jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer on this day in history.   

Oct 24   Daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70 in the year 1852.   

Oct 28   In the year 1852 gerhard M Roentgen, founder Fijenoord dockyard, dies at 57   

Oct 31   In the year 1852 mary E W Freeman, US writer (Revolt of Mother)   

Nov 02   In the year 1852 franklin Pierce elected as president of US   

Nov 03   In the year 1852 mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912)   

Nov 04   Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy in the year 1852.   

Nov 05   On this day in history the American Society of Civil Engineers is organized.   

Nov 07   On this day in history bohdan Borkowski, composer   

Nov 12   In the year 1852 georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22   

Nov 18   Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Nov 18   State funeral of duke of Wellington (London) on this day in history.   

Nov 20   On this day in history charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks & Faces," premieres in London   

Nov 21   In the year 1852 duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College   

Nov 21   Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 22   August Alexander Klengel, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1852.   

Nov 22   In the year 1852 paul H B d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist   

Nov 23   Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m) on this day in history.   

Nov 25   Johan N Salvator, [Johann Orth], archduke of Austria on this day in history.   

Nov 29   In the year 1852 paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer   

Dec 01   Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands on this day in history.   

Dec 02   2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor on this day in history.   

Dec 05   Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer in the year 1852.   

Dec 08   Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau in the year 1852.   

Dec 15   Antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903) in the year 1852.   

Dec 16   Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 in the year 1852.   

Dec 16   In the year 1852 the Evening Star newspaper begins publication in Washington, DC.   

Dec 17   1st Hawaiian cavalry organized in the year 1852.   

Dec 17   The first Hawaiian cavalry organized in the year 1852.   

Dec 18   Gaetano Coronaro, composer in the year 1852.   

Dec 19   In the year 1852 a[lbert] A Michelson, Strelno Prussia, US physicist (Nobel 1907)   

Dec 23   In the year 1852 1st Chinese theater in US, Celestial John, opens in San Francisco   

Dec 23   First Chinese theater in US, Celestial John, opens in San Francisco on this day in history.   

Dec 26   On this day in history new Brunswick-built ship Marco Polo arrives backin Liverpool England from Melbourne, Australia in 140 days, a trip that sually took 240 days; declared the fastest ship in the world; 1883 wrecked when grounded in a gale off Cavendish, PEI.   

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Jan 01   Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1852 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   Joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne) was born in the year 1852.   

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

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

Jan 29   In the year 1852 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   Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809) died in the year 1852.   

Jan 22   George Rodwell, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1852 john Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies