1851
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Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s - 1850s - 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
Years: 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 - 1851 - 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856
[edit] 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 winning.
- March 1 - Victor Hugo gives speech at the 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.
- May 1 - The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London is opened by Queen Victoria. It runs until October 18.
- May 15 - Rama IV is crowed King of Thailand.
- July - The immortal game, a famous chess game, is played.
- July 1 - Colony of Victoria separates from New South Wales.
- July 29 - Annibale de Gasparis, in Naples, Italy discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
- August 22 - The yacht America wins the first America's Cup race (see Yachting).
- October 18 - The Great Exhibition in London is closed.
- November 13 - The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers of what will become Seattle, Washington.
- 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 Second Republic.
- December 24 - The Library of Congress burns.
- December 29 - The first YMCA opens, in Boston, Massachusetts.
[edit] 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 27 - Vincent d'Indy, French composer and teacher (d. 1931)
- 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)
- August 14 - Doc Holliday, American gambler and gunfighter (d. 1887)
- October 2 - Ferdinand Foch, French commander of allied forces in World War I (d. 1929)
- October 31 - Princess Louise of Sweden
- Robert Abbe, American surgeon (d. 1928)
- Ruperto Chapí, Spanish zarzuelist
- Tom Morris, Jr., Scottish golfer (d. 1875)
[edit] Deaths
- February 1 - Mary Shelley, British author of Frankenstein
