Explore 657 historical events from 1850–1859.
James Henry O'Rourke, nicknamed "Orator Jim", was an American professional baseball player in the National Association, the National League, and the Players' League who played prim…
Jim O'Rourke, American baseball player and manager (died 1919)
Charles Robert Richet was a French physiologist at the Collège de France and immunology pioneer. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of his wo…
Charles Richet, French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1935)
Eugene Field Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood".
Eugene Field, American author and poet (died 1895)
Albert Goodwill Spalding was an American pitcher, manager, and executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of the Spalding sporting goods company. He …
Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded the Spalding Sporting Goods Company…
Woldemar Voigt was a German mathematician and physicist.
Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (died 1919)
Luigi Cadorna, was an Italian general, Marshal of Italy and Count, most famous for being the Chief of Staff of the Italian Army from 1914 until late 1917 during World War I. He com…
Luigi Cadorna, Italian field marshal (died 1928)
Eugen Goldstein was a German physicist. He was an early investigator of discharge tubes, and the discoverer of anode rays or canal rays, later identified as positive ions in the ga…
Eugen Goldstein, German physicist (died 1930)
Anton Mahnič, also spelled Antun Mahnić in Croatian orthography, was a Croatian-Slovenian prelate of the Catholic Church and a philosopher who established and led the Croatian Cath…
Anton Mahnič, Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (died 1920)
Abílio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro was a Portuguese top civil servant, member of the Portuguese House of Representatives, journalist, author, and poet. His work helped inspire the crea…
Guerra Junqueiro, Portuguese journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1923)
Anna Maria "Marie" Tussaud, commonly known as Madame Tussaud, was a French artist known for her wax sculptures and Madame Tussauds, the wax museum she founded in London.
Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (born 1761)
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (Fählmann) was an Estonian writer, medical doctor and philologist. He was a co-founder of the Learned Estonian Society and its chairman (1843-1850).
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (born 1798)
William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ball…
William Wordsworth, English poet and author (born 1770)
John Joel Glanton was an early settler of Arkansas Territory. He was also a Texas Ranger and a soldier in the Mexican–American War and the leader of a notorious gang of scalp-hunte…
John Joel Glanton, American outlaw, soldier, mercenary, and Texas ranger (born ~1819)
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac was a French chemist and physicist. He is known mostly for his discovery that water is made of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen by volume, for two law…
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (born 1778)
Garlieb Helwig Merkel was a Baltic German writer and activist and an early Estophile and Lettophile.
Garlieb Merkel, Baltic German author and activist (born 1769)
William Lawson, MLC was a British soldier, explorer, land owner, grazier and politician. In 1800, he migrated to Sydney, New South Wales, and from 1819, he served as the commandant…
William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician (born 1774)
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, was a British Conservative statesman who twice was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and simultaneously was Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–1835…
Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1788)
William Kirby was an English entomologist, an original member of the Linnean Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society, as well as a country rector, so that he was an eminent examp…
William Kirby, English entomologist and author (born 1759)
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge was the tenth child and seventh son of King George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte. He held the title of Duke of Cambridge from 180…
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (born 1774)
The Báb was an Iranian religious leader who founded Bábism, and is also one of the central figures of the Baháʼí Faith. The Báb gradually and progressively revealed his claim in hi…
Báb, Persian religious leader, founded Bábism (born 1819)
Zachary Taylor was the 12th president of the United States, serving from 1849 until his death in 1850. Before his presidency, Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army,…
Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (born 1784)
Robert Stevenson was a Scottish civil engineer, and designer and builder of lighthouses. His works include the Bell Rock Lighthouse.
Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (born 1772)
Johann August Wilhelm Neander was a German theologian and church historian.
August Neander, German historian and theologian (born 1789)
Sarah Margaret Fuller, sometimes referred to as Margaret Fuller Ossoli, was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the Amer…
Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (born 1810)