Today in History for January 1851
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Months in 1851: February March April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 5 of 5
1st - City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line
15th - Gen Arista replaces Mexican Pres Herrera
28th - Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered
31st - Gail Borden announces invention of evaporated milk
31st - SF Orphan's Asylum, 1st in California, founded
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 8 of 8
9th - Giuseppi Gallignani, composer
14th - Theophile EA de Bock, Dutch painter/etcher/drawer
17th - A. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. 1928)
19th - David Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford)
19th - Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer
25th - Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)
25th - Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg)
27th - Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 7 of 7
10th - Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)
12th - Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72
19th - Esteban EcheverrÃa, Argentine writer (b. 1805)
21st - Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49
24th - Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76
27th - John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65
27th - Karl Moser, composer, dies at 77
