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   Gerhard M Roentgen, founder Fijenoord dockyard, dies at 57 in the year 1852.   

Oct 31   Mary E W Freeman, US writer (Revolt of Mother) in the year 1852.   

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

Nov 03   On this day in history 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   The American Society of Civil Engineers is organized on this day in history.   

Nov 07   In the year 1852 bohdan Borkowski, composer   

Nov 12   Georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 21   On this day in history duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College   

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

Nov 22   On this day in history august Alexander Klengel, composer, dies at 69   

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   In the year 1852 johan N Salvator, [Johann Orth], archduke of Austria   

Nov 29   On this day in history 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 in the year 1852.   

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   In the year 1852 andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59   

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

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

Dec 17   In the year 1852 the first Hawaiian cavalry organized   

Dec 18   On this day in history gaetano Coronaro, composer   

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

Dec 23   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904)   

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   In the year 1852 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   In the year 1852 george Rodwell, composer, dies at 51   

Jan 25   Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778) died on this day in history.   

Feb 02   On this day in history 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 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.