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Years:
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1849
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1851
1852
1853
Decades
:
1820s
1830s
1840s
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1880s
Centuries
:
18th century
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19th century
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20th century
1850
was a
common year starting on Tuesday
(see link for calendar).
Events
January 4
- The first American
ice-skating
club is formed (
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
).
January 29
-
Henry Clay
introduces the
Compromise of 1850
to the
U.S. Congress
February 28
-
University of Utah
opens in
Salt Lake City
,
Utah
March 7
-
United States Senator
Daniel Webster
gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the
Compromise of 1850
in order to prevent a possible
civil war
.
March 18
-
American Express
is founded by
Henry Wells
&
William Fargo
.
April 4
-
Los Angeles, California
is incorporated as a city.
July 9
- President
Zachary Taylor
dies while in office and
Millard Fillmore
becomes the 13th
President of the United States
(he is inaugurated the next day).
August 28
-
Richard Wagner's
opera
Lohengrin
premieres
September 9
-
California
is admitted as the 31st
U.S. state
.
September 9
-
New Mexico Territory
is organized by order of the U.S. Congress
December 16
- The first four ships arrived at Lyttelton to settle
Christchurch, New Zealand
.
December
-
Christian
mystic
Hong Xiuquan
begins the
Taiping Rebellion
.
End of the
Irish potato famine
The
United States Republican Party
is founded
Foundation of the
University of Sydney
, the oldest in
Australia
The
American System of Watch Manufacturing
starts in Roxbury, Mass.U.S.A.
Waltham Watch Company
Bingley Hall
, the world's first purpose- built exhibition hall, opens in
Birmingham
,
England
.
Pinkerton Detective Agency
France begins to transport colonists to
Algeria
Modern
acoustic guitar
created in Spain
Use of
anesthesia
in
surgery
increases in USA and Europe
Rifling
becomes common in firearms
Entre Ríos Province
in
Argentina
revolts - it is backed by
Brazil
in alliance with
Paraguay
and the
Uruguayan
Colorado Party
Births
January 21
- Paul Vinzenz Busch , ringmaster (d.
1927
)
January 27
-
Samuel Gompers
,
labor union
leader (d.
1924
)
May 1
-
Prince Arthur of the United Kingdom
, third son of
Queen Victoria
and
Prince Albert
(d.
1942
)
May 8
-
Ross Barnes
,
baseball
player (d.
1915
)
May 12
-
Henry Cabot Lodge
, U.S. statesman (d.
1924
)
July 12
-
Otto Schoetensack
, German anthropologist [[d.
1912
September 2
-
Albert Spalding
,
baseball
player and sporting goods manufacturer (d.
1915
)
November 13
-
Robert Louis Stevenson
, Scottish writer (d.
1894
)
Deaths
March 3
-
Oliver Cowdery
, American religious leader (b.
1806
)
April 23
-
William Wordsworth
, English poet (b.
1770
)
July 4
-
William Kirby
, English entomologist (b.
1759
)
July 8
-
Prince Adolphus of the United Kingdom
, 1st Duke of Cambridge (b.
1774
)
July 9
-
Zachary Taylor
, 12th
President of the United States
(b.
1784
)
August 18
-
Honoré de Balzac
, French author (b.
1799
)
August 26
- King
Louis-Philippe of France
(b.
1773
)
October 2
-
Sarah Biffen
, English painter (b.
1784
)
November 19
-
Richard Mentor Johnson
,
Vice President of the United States
(b.
1780
)
December 24
-
Frédéric Bastiat
French
classical liberal
author
and
economist
(b.
1801
)
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