Explore 785 historical events from 1850–1859.
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge was an English physicist and electrical engineer whose investigations into electromagnetic radiation (EMR) contributed to the development of radio. He ident…
Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (died 1940)
William Evans Midwinter was a cricketer who played four Test matches for England, sandwiched between eight for Australia. He was the only cricketer to have played for Australia and…
Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (died 1890)
Silvanus Phillips Thompson was an English professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, England. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1891 and was kn…
Silvanus P
Cora Agnes Benneson was an American attorney, lecturer, and writer. She was one of the first women to practice law in New England. Benneson was raised in Quincy, Illinois, to paren…
Cora Agnes Benneson, American attorney (died 1919)
Charles Bannerman was an English-born Australian cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he represented Australia in three Test matches between 1877 and 1879. At the domestic level, he …
Charles Bannerman, English-Australian cricketer and umpire (died 1930)
Charles Albert Tindley was an African-American Methodist minister and gospel music composer. His composition "I'll Overcome Someday" is credited as the basis for the U.S. Civil Rig…
Charles Albert Tindley, American minister and composer (died 1933)
Sir Arthur John Evans was a British archaeologist and pioneer in the study of Aegean civilization in the Bronze Age.
Arthur Evans, English archaeologist and academic (died 1941)
John (Jack) Murray was an Australian politician who was the 23rd premier of Victoria from 1909 to 1912.
John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (died 1916)
1841 (MDCCCXLI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1841st year of the Common Era (CE…
Marie Andrieu, French anarchist, cartomancer and spiritualist (died 1911)
Peder Severin Krøyer, also known as P. S. Krøyer, was a Norwegian-Danish painter who was a member of the Skagen Painters. Born in Norway, he grew up in Copenhagen under the care of…
Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (died 1909)
Friedrich Hermann Schottky was a German mathematician who worked on elliptic, abelian, and theta functions and introduced Schottky groups and Schottky's theorem.
Friedrich Schottky, Polish-German mathematician and theorist (died 1935)
Sir George Turner was an Australian politician. He served two terms as Premier of Victoria, holding office from 1894 to 1899 and 1900 to 1901 as a liberal. After Federation he was …
George Turner, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Victoria (died 1916)
Felix Adler was a German-American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, influential lecturer on euthanasia, religious leader and social reformer who founded the Et…
Felix Adler, German-American religious leader and educator (died 1933)
Charles Eugene Barrois was a French geologist and palaeontologist.
Charles Barrois, French geologist and palaeontologist (died 1939)
Thomas Kingston Kendall was an Australian cricketer, who played in two Test matches in 1877, including the inaugural Test which was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March …
Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer and journalist (died 1924)
John Philip Clum was an Indian agent for the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in the Arizona Territory. He implemented a limited form of self-government on the reservation that…
John Clum, American journalist and agent (died 1932)
John Henry Holliday, better known as Doc Holliday, was an American dentist, gambler, and gunfighter who was a close friend and associate of lawman Wyatt Earp. Holliday is best know…
Doc Holliday, American dentist and gambler (died 1887)
Olga Constantinovna of Russia was Queen of Greece as the wife of King George I. She was briefly the regent of Greece in 1920.
Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Queen consort of the Hellenes (died 1926)
John Dillon was an Irish politician from Dublin, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for over 35 years and was the last leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. By political …
John Dillon, Irish poet and politician (died 1927)
Edward Asahel Birge was an American professor and administrator at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was one of the pioneers of the study of limnology, and served as acting p…
Edward Asahel Birge, American zoologist and academic (died 1950)
John Greeley Jenkins was an American-Australian politician. He was Premier of South Australia from 1901 to 1905. He had previously served as Minister for Education and the Northern…
John Jenkins, American-Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of South Australia (died 1923)
Walter Reed was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban-American doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mos…
Walter Reed, American physician and biologist (died 1902)
Henry Arthur Jones was an English dramatist, who was first noted for his melodrama The Silver King (1882), and went on to write prolifically, often appearing to mirror Ibsen from t…
Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright and critic (died 1929)
Fanny Searls, also known by her married name Fanny Gradle, was an American physician and botanical collector. Dalea searlsiae, Searls' prairie clover, is named after her. Born in W…
Fanny Searls, American biologist (died 1939)