Dictionary of Meaning
<<Back
Please select a letter:
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
T |
U |
V |
W |
X |
Y |
Z |
0-9
Click here for Shopping
1851
*** Shopping-Tip: 1851
{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;"
|-
| align="center" colspan=2 |
'''Years:''' 1848 1849 1850 - 1851 -
1852 1853 1854
|-
| align="center" colspan=2 |
'''Decades:''' 1820s 1830s 1840s - '''
1850s''' -
1860s 1870s 1880s
|-
| align="center" |
'''Centuries:''' 18th century - '''
19th century''' -
20th century
{{C19YearInTopic}}
|}
'''1851 (MDCCCLI)''' was a
common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the
Gregorian calendar (or a
common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower
Julian calendar).
Events
*
January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in
Oregon is named after
Boston, Massachusetts, or
Portland, Maine, with
Portland, Oregon Portland winning.
*
March 1 -
Victor Hugo gives speech at the
France French national assembly and uses the phrase
United States of Europe several times
*
March 27 - First reported case of white men seeing
Yosemite Valley.
*
March 30 - A population
census was taken of all people living in the
United Kingdom.
*
April 28 -
Santa Clara University Santa Clara College is chartered in
Santa Clara, California Santa Clara,
California.
*
May 1 - The ''
Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations'' in
the Crystal Palace,
Hyde Park, London Hyde Park,
London is opened by
Victoria of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria. It runs until
October 18.
*
May 15 -
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, the first secret society for women, founded at
Wesleyan College in
Macon, Georgia.
*
May 15 -
Ramai IV of Thailand Rama IV is crowed King of
Thailand.
* July -
Immortal game The immortal game, a famous
Chess chess game, is played.
*
July 1 - Colony of
Victoria (Australia) Victoria separates from
New South Wales.
*
July 1 - Serial poisoner
Helene Jegado is arrested in
Rennes,
France
*
July 29 -
Annibale de Gasparis, in
Naples,
Italy discovers asteroid
15 Eunomia.
*
August 5 -
Mount Pelee erupts and kills 30 people.
*
August 22 - The yacht ''
America (yacht) America'' wins the first
America's Cup race.
*
September 15 -
Saint Joseph's University is founded in
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
*
September 18 - ''
The New York Times'' is founded.
*
October -
Reuters news service founded.
*
October 18 - The Great Exhibition in London is closed.
*
October 24 -
Ariel (moon) Ariel and
Umbriel (moon) Umbriel,
natural satellite moons of
Uranus (planet) Uranus, discovered by
William Lassell.
*
November 13 - The
Denny Party lands at
Alki, Seattle, Washington Alki Point, the first settlers of what will become
Seattle, Washington.
*
November 14 -
Herman Melville's novel
Moby-Dick is published in the U.S. by
Harper & Brothers,
New York - after it was first published on
October 18, by
Richard Bentley,
London.
*
December 2 - Louis Napoleon, president of France, dissolves
French National Assembly and declares a new constitution to extend his term. Later he declares himself as an emperor
Napoleon III. End of the
French Second Republic Second Republic.
*
December 6 - Trial of
Helene Jegado begins; she is eventually sentenced to death and executed in a
guillotine.
*
December 9 - The first
YMCA in
North America is established in
Montreal, Quebec.
*
December 24 - The
Library of Congress burns.
*
December 26-
December 27 27 -
Royal Navy warship bombards
Lagos island;
Oba Kosoko is wounded and flees to
Epe.
*
December 29 - The first
YMCA opens, in
Boston, Massachusetts.
Undated
* Dictator Rosas overthrown in
Brazil. New government recognizes independent
Paraguay. New
Blanco Party Blanco government in
Uruguay
*
Florida State University is founded.
*
Gold discovered in
Australia.
*
St. Paul's College, Hong Kong is founded.
*
Macy's department store founded by R.H. Macy.
Births
*
January 17 -
A. B. Frost, American illustrator (d.
1928)
*
January 19 -
Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (d.
1922)
*
February 8 -
Kate Chopin, American writer (d.
1904)
*
March 19 -
William Henry Stark, Business Leader (d.
1936)
*
March 27 -
Vincent d'Indy, French composer and teacher (d.
1931)
*
March 28 -
Bernardino Machado, Portuguese President (d.
1944)
*
April 21 -
Charles Barrois, French geologist (d.
1939)
*
May 6 -
Aristide Bruant, French cabaret singer and comedian (d.
1925)
*
May 20 -
Emil Berliner, telephone and recording pioneer (d.
1929)
*
May 21 -
Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (d.
1925)
*
August 14 -
Doc Holliday, American gambler and gunfighter (d.
1887)
*
September 7 -
David King Udall, American politician (d.
1938)
*
October 2 -
Ferdinand Foch, French commander of allied forces in World War I (d.
1929)
*
Robert Abbe, American surgeon (d.
1928)
*
Tom Morris, Jr., Scottish golfer (d.
1875)
Deaths
*
January 10 -
Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b.
1775)
*
January 27 -
John James Audubon, French-American naturalist and illustrator (b.
1785)
*
January 31 -
David Spangler Kaufman, Congressman from Texas (b.
1813)
*
February 1 -
Mary Shelley, English author (b.
1797)
*
February 18 -
Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, German mathematician (b.
1804)
*
February 28 -
Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie,
Marshal of France (b.
1775)
*
March 9 -
Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish scientist (b.
1777)
*
September 10 -
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator (b.
1787)
*
September 11 -
Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist and inventor (b.
1794)
*
September 14 -
James Fenimore Cooper, American writer (b.
1789)
*
October 4 -
Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (b.
1767)
*
October 19 -
Princess Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte Marie Thérèse Charlotte (b.
1778)
*
November 26 -
Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal and politician (b.
1769)
*
December 19 -
Joseph Mallord William Turner, English artist (b.
1775)
Category:1851
af:1851
ar:1851
ast:1851
az:1851
be:1851
bg:1851
bs:1851
ca:1851
cs:1851
csb:1851
cv:1851
cy:1851
da:1851
de:1851
el:1851
eo:1851
es:1851
et:1851
eu:1851
fi:1851
fr:1851
fy:1851
ga:1851
gl:1851
he:1851
hr:1851
hu:1851
ia:1851
id:1851
io:1851
is:1851
it:1851
ka:1851
ko:1851ë…„
la:1851
lb:1851
lt:1851
mk:1851
ms:1851
nap:1851
nl:1851
nn:1851
no:1851
os:1851
pl:1851
pt:1851
ro:1851
ru:1851
scn:1851
simple:1851
sk:1851
sl:1851
sq:1851
sr:1851
sv:1851
th:พ.ศ. 2394
tr:1851
tt:1851
uk:1851
wa:1851
zh:1851å¹´
Category:1850s
ar:تصنيÙ?:1851
de:Kategorie:1851
et:Kategooria:1851
fr:Catégorie:1851
ko:분류:1851년
is:Flokkur:1851
ka:კ�ტეგ�რი�:1851
os:Категори:1851
ro:Categorie:1851
ru:КатегориÑ?:1851
simple:Category:1851
sk:Kategória:1851
sl:Kategorija:Leto 1851
tt:Törkem:1851
tr:Kategori:1851
zh:Category:1851å¹´
*** Shopping-Tip: 1851
