Explore 658 historical events from 1850–1859.
Clara Schønfeld was a Danish stage and film actress whose career spanned from the late 19th century through the 1920s.
Clara Schønfeld, Danish actress (died 1939)
Ivan Yakovych Franko PhD was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, translator, economist, political activist, ethnographer, and the author of the first …
Ivan Franko, Ukrainian author and poet (died 1916)
Carl David Tolmé Runge was a German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist.
Carl David Tolmé Runge, German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist (died 1927)
Sergei Nikolaevich Winogradsky (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Виноградский; Ukrainian: Сергій Миколайович Виноградський; 13 September [O.S. 1 September] 1856 – 24 February 1953), also…
Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (died 1953)
Sir John Bowser, Australian politician, was the 26th Premier of Victoria. He was born in London, the son of an army officer, and arrived in Melbourne as a child with his family. He…
John Bowser, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria (died 1936)
Thomas Edward Watson was an American politician, attorney, newspaper editor, and writer from Georgia. In the 1890s Watson championed poor farmers as a leader of the Populist Party,…
Thomas E. Watson, American lawyer, publisher, and politician (died 1922)
Johann Heinrich Beck was an American composer and conductor. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he wrote a number of pieces for orchestra, as well as a string sextet and a string quartet. He…
Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer and conductor (died 1924)
Sir Arthur Morgan was an Australian politician who was Premier of Queensland from 1903 to 1906.
Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (died 1916)
Louis Henry Sullivan was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a me…
Louis Sullivan, American architect and educator, designed the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building (died 1924)
John Wilbur was a prominent American Quaker minister and religious thinker who was at the forefront of a controversy that led to "the second split" in the Religious Society of Fr…
John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (born 1774)
James Gates Percival was an American poet, surgeon, and geologist.
James Gates Percival, American poet, surgeon and geologist (born 1795)
Adolphe Charles Adam was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1841) and Le corsaire (18…
Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (born 1803)
Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis was a member of the Mamelukes of the Imperial Guard, leading him to be known in his lifetime as "Mamelouk Ali". He was most notable as a faithful servant …
Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis, Arab-French servant to Napoleon I (born 1788)
Jacques Philippe Marie Binet was a French mathematician, physicist and astronomer born in Rennes; he died in Paris, France, in 1856. He made significant contributions to number the…
Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (born 1786)
Ivan Vasilyevich Kireyevsky was a Russian literary critic and philosopher who, together with Aleksey Khomyakov, is credited as a co-founder of the Slavophile movement.
Ivan Kireyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (born 1806)
Johann Caspar Schmidt, known by the pen name Max Stirner, was a German philosopher, dealing mainly with the Hegelian notion of social alienation and self-consciousness. Stirner is …
Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (born 1806)
James Jesse Strang was an American religious leader, politician and self-proclaimed monarch. He served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1853 until his assa…
James Strang, American religious leader and politician (born 1813)
Edward Vernon Utterson was a British lawyer, literary antiquary, collector and editor. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, one of the original members of the Roxburghe C…
Edward Vernon Utterson, English lawyer and historian (born 1775)
Robert Schumann was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice an…
Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (born 1810)
Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck was a British writer in the anti-slavery movement.
Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (born 1778)
Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro, Count of Quaregna and Cerreto (, also, Italian: [ameˈdɛːo avoˈɡaːdro]; 9 August 1776 – 9 July 1856) was an Italian scientist, most noted for h…
Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist and academic (born 1776)
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett was an English humorist.
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (born 1811)
Rear-Admiral Sir John Ross was a British naval officer and explorer. He was the uncle of Sir James Clark Ross, who explored the Arctic with him, and later led expeditions to Antarc…
Sir John Ross, Scottish naval officer and explorer (born 1777)
Henry Constantine Wayne was a United States Army officer, and is known for his commanding the expedition to test the U.S. Camel Corps as part of Secretary of War Jefferson Davis's …
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