Page 5: Historical Events In 1852

Oct 23   On this day in history jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer   

Oct 24   Daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Oct 28   On this day in history gerhard M Roentgen, founder Fijenoord dockyard, dies at 57   

Oct 31   Mary E W Freeman, US writer (Revolt of Mother) on this day in history.   

Nov 02   Franklin Pierce elected as president of US on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 07   Bohdan Borkowski, composer in the year 1852.   

Nov 12   Georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22 in the year 1852.   

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

Nov 18   In the year 1852 state funeral of duke of Wellington (London)   

Nov 20   Charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks & Faces," premieres in London in the year 1852.   

Nov 21   Duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College on this day in history.   

Nov 21   Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer in the year 1852.   

Nov 22   August Alexander Klengel, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Nov 22   Paul H B d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist in the year 1852.   

Nov 23   In the year 1852 just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m)   

Nov 25   On this day in history johan N Salvator, [Johann Orth], archduke of Austria   

Nov 29   On this day in history paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer   

Dec 01   In the year 1852 telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands   

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

Dec 05   Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 08   Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau on this day in history.   

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   The Evening Star newspaper begins publication in Washington, DC in the year 1852.   

Dec 17   In the year 1852 1st Hawaiian cavalry organized   

Dec 17   The first Hawaiian cavalry organized on this day in history.   

Dec 18   Gaetano Coronaro, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 19   A[lbert] A Michelson, Strelno Prussia, US physicist (Nobel 1907) on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 26   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 in the year 1852.   

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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   In the year 1852 birth of konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor (1920-21)   

Jan 12   Joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne) was born in the year 1852.   

Jan 26   Frederick Corder, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa)   

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

Jan 29   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history 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   In the year 1852 micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies   

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

Feb 27   Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1852.   

Feb 29   John Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies on this day in history.