Explore 785 historical events from 1850–1859.
Johann Ludwig Tieck was a German poet, fiction writer, translator, and critic. He was one of the founding fathers of the Romantic movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries…
Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (born 1773)
Jan Philipp Roothaan, SJ was a Dutch Jesuit, elected twenty-first Superior-General of the Society of Jesus. Roothaan was a decisive figure in the reestablishment of the order after…
Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior General of the Society of Jesus (born 1785)
Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky was a Baltic German chess master and theoretician, known for his contributions to chess theory, as well for a game he lost against Adolf…
Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (born 1806)
General Henry Otway Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, CB was a peer and British Army officer.
Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (born 1777)
Joseph-Norbert Provencher was a Canadian clergyman and missionary and one of the founders of the modern province of Manitoba. He was the first Bishop of Saint Boniface and was an i…
Norbert Provencher, Canadian missionary and bishop (born 1787)
Adrien-Henri de Jussieu was a French botanist.
Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, French botanist and academic (born 1797)
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the South African Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Rep…
Andries Pretorius, South African general (born 1798)
Charles Tristan, Marquis de Montholon was a French general during the Napoleonic Wars. He chose to go into exile on Saint Helena with the ex-emperor after Napoleon's second abdicat…
Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (born 1783)
Alexander Calder was the first mayor of Beaumont, Texas, on August 8, 1840.
Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (born 1806)
Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam was a French Catholic literary scholar, lawyer, journalist and equal rights advocate. He founded with fellow students the Conference of Charity, later known…
Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (born 1813)
Dominique François Jean Arago, known simply as François Arago, was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, freemason, supporter of the Carbonari revolutionaries, and politi…
François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician (born 1786)
Juan Antonio Lavalleja y de la Torre was a Uruguayan libertador, revolutionary, military general, and political figure. He was born in Minas, in a region now named after him as the…
Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan revolutionary general and politician, President of Uruguay (born 1784)
Pietro Raimondi was an Italian composer, transitional between the Classical and Romantic eras. While he was famous at the time as a composer of operas and sacred music, he was also…
Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (born 1786)
Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind , was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in sopra…
Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour
Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was "the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights…
Frederick Douglass delivers his "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" speech in Rochester, New York.
The San Francisco Mint is a branch of the United States Mint. Opened in 1854 to serve the gold mines of the California gold rush, in twenty years its operations exceeded the capaci…
Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco.
Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was "the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights…
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass delivers his "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" speech at a meeting organized…
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636, and named Harvard College in 1639 in honor of its first …
Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also known as the first…
The Tlingit or Lingít are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Tlingit people are Alaska Natives and First Nations in Canada. They speak the Tlingi…
Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
The Revolution of 11 September 1852 was a conflict between the Province of Buenos Aires and the government of Justo José de Urquiza after the latter triumphed over Juan Manuel de R…
Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.
Annibale de Gasparis was an Italian astronomer, known for discovering asteroids and his contributions to theoretical astronomy.
Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.
William IV was Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 17 November 1905 until his death in 1912. He succeeded his father, Adolphe. Like his father, William did not participate in politics, d…
William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (died 1912)
Atlantic was a steamboat that sank in Lake Erie after a collision with the steamer Ogdensburg on 20 August 1852, with the loss of at least 150 but perhaps as many as 300 lives. The…
Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives.
Atlantic was a steamboat that sank in Lake Erie after a collision with the steamer Ogdensburg on 20 August 1852, with the loss of at least 150 but perhaps as many as 300 lives. The…
Steamboat Atlantic sinks on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives.