Explore 418 historical events from 1850–1859.
Johannes Peter Müller was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist, known not only for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize …
Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist and anatomist (born 1801)
Friedrich Julius Reubke was a German composer, pianist and organist associated with the school of Romanticism. A pupil of Franz Liszt, his small œuvre includes the Sonata on the 94…
Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer (born 1834)
Ary Scheffer was a Dutch-French Romantic painter. He was known mostly for his works based on literature, with paintings based on the works of Dante, Goethe, Lord Byron and Walter S…
Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (born 1795)
Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, was a New Zealand artist and art teacher, who spent the majority of his life in Dunedin. During the first quarter of the twentieth century, he was one of the…
Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (died 1941)
José Mariano de la Cruz de la Riva Agüero y Sánchez Boquete was a Peruvian soldier and politician who was the first president of Peru and the second president of North Peru, a cons…
José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (born 178
John Snow was an English physician and a leader in the development of anaesthesia and medical hygiene. He is considered one of the founders of modern epidemiology and early germ th…
John Snow, English epidemiologist and physician (born 1813)
Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov was a Russian painter who adhered to the waning tradition of Neoclassicism but found little sympathy with his contemporaries. Although Ivanov was born …
Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (born 1806)
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the Bri…
Indian Rebellion of 1857: The Bawani Imli massacre saw 52 Indian freedom fighters hanged by British forces
Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. sta…
Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted as the 32nd U
Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have…
Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on natural selection, which encouraged h
The Spirits' Book is part of the Spiritist Codification, and is regarded as one of the five fundamental works on Spiritism. It was published by the French educator Hippolyte Léon D…
"The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France
The East India Company (EIC), more commonly known as the British East India Company (BEIC), was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and diss…
The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolt
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power, including military …
Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British
Mindon Min, born Maung Lwin, was the penultimate king of Burma (Myanmar) from 1853 to 1878. He was one of the most popular and revered kings of Burma because of his role in the Fif…
Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma in Mandalay, Burma
Charles-Pierre Baudelaire was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhythm and rhyme, containing an exoticism inherit…
Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published
Louis Léon César Faidherbe was a French general and colonial administrator. He created the Senegalese Tirailleurs when he was governor of Senegal.
Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj…
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power, including military …
Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins
The Revolution of the Ganhadores was a labor strike that involved African porters, known as ganhadores, in the Brazilian city of Salvador, Bahia. The strike began following the pas…
The Revolution of the Ganhadores begins in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the British decorations system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the …
The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London
The siege of Arrah took place during the Indian Mutiny. It was the eight-day defence of a fortified outbuilding, occupied by a combination of 18 civilians and 50 members of the Ben…
Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000…
Clarence Seward Darrow was an American lawyer and politician who became famous in the 19th century for high-profile representations of trade union causes, and in the 20th century f…
Clarence Darrow, American lawyer (died 1938)
Ruggero Leoncavallo was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Throughout his career, Leoncavallo produced numerous operas and songs, but it is his 1892 opera Pagliacci that rem…
Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (died 1919)
Theodor Severin Kittelsen was a Norwegian artist. He is one of the most popular artists in Norway. Kittelsen became famous for his nature paintings, as well as for his illustration…
Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1914)
Paul Eugen Bleuler was a Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist most notable for his influence on modern concepts of mental illness. He coined several psychiatric terms including schizo…
Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist (died 1940)