...Date... AGE Event
1850/--/-- 0 *** Bristow, John [1st cousin once removed] - Died
1850/--/-- 0 *** Logan, Benjamin - Born to Logan, John Allen and Bristow, Rebecca M. (Logan)
1850/--/-- 0 - Allan Pinkerton founds the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
1850/--/-- 0 - American author Nathaniel Hawthorne writes The Scarlet Letter.
1850/--/-- 0 - American popular songwriter Stephen Foster publishes Camptown Races.
1850/--/-- 0 - California is inaugurated as the 31st state of the Union.
1850/--/-- 0 - Congress reinforces the Fugitive Slave Law for the return of escaped slaves.
1850/--/-- 0 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning publishes her Sonnets From the Portuguese.
1850/--/-- 0 - English author Charles Dickens writes David Copperfield.
1850/--/-- 0 - French realist artist Gustave Courbet paints The Stone Breakers.
1850/--/-- 0 - Jenny Lind the Swedish nightingale begins her U.S. tour.
1850/--/-- 0 - Millard Fillmore (Whig) becomes president of the United States
1850/--/-- 0 - Nathanial Hawthorne "The Scarlet Letter"
1850/--/-- 0 - Photographer Mathew Brady publishes The Gallery of Illustrious Americans.
1850/--/-- 0 - Plains Indians cede land in exchange for reservations
1850/--/-- 0 - President Taylor dies; Millard Fillmore is inaugurated as the 13th U.S. president.
1850/--/-- 0 - The Compromise of 1850 establishes California as a non-slavery state.
1850/--/-- 0 - The Taiping Rebellion breaks out in China against the Ch'ing dynasty.
1850/--/-- 0 - The first issue of Harper's magazine is published.
1850/--/-- 0 - Utah and New Mexico Territories
1851/--/-- 1 - A gold rush begins in Victoria, Australia; Victoria becomes a separate colony.
1851/--/-- 1 - American author Herman Melville publishes Moby-Dick.
1851/--/-- 1 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto is produced in Venice.
1851/--/-- 1 - Harriet Beecher Stowe begins publishing Uncle Tom's Cabin.
1851/--/-- 1 - Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones found the New York Times.
1851/--/-- 1 - Isaac Merrit Singer invents the first practical sewing machine.
1851/--/-- 1 - Jacob Fussell begins making ice cream in commercial quantities in Baltimore.
1851/--/-- 1 - Melville "Moby Dick"
1851/--/-- 1 - Mongkut (Rama IV) becomes king of Siam (Thailand).
1851/--/-- 1 - Singer patents sewing machine
1851/--/-- 1 - The Crystal Palace is built in London to house the Great Exhibition.
1851/--/-- 1 - The U.S. yacht America defeats 17 British yachts in the first America's Cup contest.
1851/--/-- 1 - The first college sorority is established at Wesleyan College, Georgia.
1852/--/-- 2 *** Bristow, Hannah (Harrison) (Davisson) [1st cousin once removed] - Died
1852/--/-- 2 *** Logan, Benjamin - Died
1852/--/-- 2 *** Logan, James Richard [Brother] - Died
1852/--/-- 2 *** Logan, John Allen [Brother] - Died
1852/--/-- 2 - Argentinean dictator Rosas is defeated by forces under Urquiza at Monte Caseros.
1852/--/-- 2 - Britain gains control of the Irrawaddy delta after the second Anglo-Burma War.
1852/--/-- 2 - The Grimms begin publication of their Deutsches Worterbuch (German Dictionary).
1852/--/-- 2 - The Second Empire begins in France under Napoleon III.
1852/08/13 2 *** Bristow, Margaret (Smith) [1st cousin once removed] - Died
1852/09/24 2 *** Bristow, Nancy Rebecca (Guthrie) [2nd cousin] - Born to Bristow, Ballard and Stockton, Mariah (Bristow)
In 1850 Transportation was by:
Foot
Horse
Bicycle
Train
Steamboat
In 1850 Communications was by:
Word of Mouth
Post Office
Telegraph
In 1850 Food Preparation was by:
Wood
In 1850 Entertainment was by:
Social Intercourse
Organized Sports
Travel
Professional Sports
Movies
Radio
Television
Theme parks
Computer
In 1850 Health Care was by:
Operations
Anesthetic
X-Rays
MRI
In 1850 War Making was by:
Calvary
gun
Artillery
Submarine
In 1850 Navigation was by:
Stars & Maps
Compass
from the SFHR database of Duane Bristow 03-13-2021 19:54:08