Explore 418 historical events from 1850–1859.
Viscount Takahashi Korekiyo was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1921 to 1922 and Minister of Finance when he was assassinated. He was also a membe…
Takahashi Korekiyo, Japanese accountant and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1936)
Robert Jameson FRS FRSE was a Scottish naturalist and mineralogist.
Robert Jameson, Scottish mineralogist and academic (born 1774)
Nicolás Bravo Rueda was a Mexican soldier and politician who served as interim President of Mexico three times, in 1839, 1842, and 1846. Previously, he fought in the Mexican War of…
Nicolás Bravo, Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (born 1786)
Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army off…
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1768)
Charles Baudin, was a French admiral, whose naval service extended from the First Empire through the early days of the Second Empire.
Charles Baudin, French admiral (born 1792)
Karl Friedrich Eichhorn was a German jurist.
Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German academic and jurist (born 1781)
Georg Simon Ohm was a German mathematician and physicist. As a school teacher, Ohm began his research with the new electrochemical cell, invented by Italian scientist Alessandro Vo…
Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (born 1789)
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas, passed b…
The Kansas–Nebraska Act became law, establishing the U
Joaquin Murrieta Carrillo, also called the Robin Hood of the West or the Robin Hood of El Dorado, was a Mexican figure of disputed historicity. The novel The Life and Adventures of…
Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
Winthrop Murray Crane was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served as the 40th governor of Massachusetts from 1900 to 1903 and represented that state in t…
Winthrop M
François Élie Jules Lemaître was a French critic and dramatist.
Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (died 1914)
Jacob Michailovitch Gordin was a Russian-American playwright active in the early years of Yiddish theater. He is known for introducing realism and naturalism into Yiddish theater.
Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin, Ukrainian-American journalist, actor, and playwright (died 1909)
The Great Indian Peninsula Railway was a predecessor of the Central Railway, whose headquarters was at the Boree Bunder in Mumbai. The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company was in…
The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane
The Perry Expedition was a diplomatic and military expedition in two separate voyages to the Tokugawa shogunate (徳川幕府) by warships of the United States Navy. The goals of this expe…
The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are hel…
Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
Dennis Joseph "Dan" Brouthers was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball whose career spanned the period from 1879 to 1896, with a brief return in 1904. Nicknamed "Big …
Dan Brouthers, American baseball player and manager (died 1932)
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, known as Godefroy Cavaignac, was a French politician.
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (died 1905)
Carl Olof Larsson was a Swedish painter representative of the Arts and Crafts movement. His many paintings include oils, watercolors, and frescoes. He is principally known for his …
Carl Larsson, Swedish painter and author (died 1919)
Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, commonly known as simply Sir Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and the preser…
Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (died 1942)
William Turner Dannat was an American artist known especially for paintings of Spanish subject matter.
William Turner Dannat, American painter (died 1929)
Alexius Meinong von Handschuchsheim was an Austrian philosopher, a realist known for his unique ontology and theory of objects. He also made contributions to philosophy of mind and…
Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic (died 1920)
Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko was a Russian writer, journalist and humanitarian of Ukrainian origin. His best-known work includes the short novel The Blind Musician (1886), as …
Vladimir Korolenko, Ukrainian journalist, author, and activist (died 1921)
Elizabeth Ann or Anne Plankinton was an American philanthropist in the early 20th century, the daughter of Milwaukee businessman John Plankinton. She was also known as "Miss Liz…
Elizabeth Plankinton, American philanthropist (died 1923)
Cecil John Rhodes was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. He and his British South Africa …
Cecil Rhodes, English-South African businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (died 1902)