1850
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Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s - 1850s - 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
Years: 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 - 1850 - 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855
[edit] Events
- The speed of light in water was observed to be slower than that in air.
[edit] Births
- January 21 - Paul Vinzenz Busch, ringmaster (d. 1927)
- January 27 - Samuel Gompers, English-born labor leader (d. 1924)
- January 27 - Edward J. Smith, Captain of the Titanic (d. 1912)
- May 1 - Prince Arthur of the United Kingdom (d. 1942)
- May 8 - Ross Barnes, baseball player (d. 1915)
- May 12 - Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)
- May 21 - Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)
- July 12 - Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (d. 1912)
- September 2 - Albert Spalding, baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer (d. 1915)
- November 13 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer (d. 1894)
- December 9 - Emma Abbott, American opera singer (d. 1891)
- December 21 - Zdenek Fibich, Czech composer (d. 1900)
