Page 5: Historical Events In 1852

Oct 23   In the year 1852 jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer   

Oct 24   On this day in history daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70   

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 in the year 1852.   

Nov 03   On this day in history mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912)   

Nov 04   On this day in history count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.   

Nov 05   The American Society of Civil Engineers is organized on this day in history.   

Nov 07   In the year 1852 bohdan Borkowski, composer   

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

Nov 18   In the year 1852 anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60   

Nov 18   On this day in history state funeral of duke of Wellington (London)   

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

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

Nov 21   On this day in history francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer   

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

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

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

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

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   In the year 1852 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor   

Dec 05   On this day in history thomas Linnemann Laub, composer   

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

Dec 15   In the year 1852 antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903)   

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 17   1st Hawaiian cavalry organized on this day in history.   

Dec 17   On this day in history the first Hawaiian cavalry organized   

Dec 18   In the year 1852 gaetano Coronaro, composer   

Dec 19   On this day in history 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   In the year 1852 first Chinese theater in US, Celestial John, opens in San Francisco   

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   In the year 1852 birth of eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904)   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of james Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931)   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor (1920-21)   

Jan 12   In the year 1852 birth of joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne)   

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of frederick Corder, composer   

Jan 26   Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1852.   

Jan 22   George Rodwell, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1852.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies in the year 1852.   

Feb 25   On this day in history thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies   

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

Feb 29   In the year 1852 john Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies