Difference between revisions of "1852"

From Wikispooks
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with "{{year |image= |image_width= |image_caption= }} {{SMWDocs}} {{Stub}}")
 
(unstub)
 
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{year
 
{{year
−
|image=
+
|image=1852 Colton's Map of the World on Mercator's Projection ( Pocket Map ) - Geographicus - World-colton-1852.jpg
 
|image_width=
 
|image_width=
−
|image_caption=
+
|image_caption=The world in 1852
 +
|description=year 1852
 
}}
 
}}
 +
= Events ==
 +
 +
===January–March===
 +
* [[January 14]] – President [[Napoleon III|Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte]] proclaims a [[French Constitution of 1852|new constitution]] for the [[French Second Republic]].
 +
* [[January 15]] – Nine men representing various Jewish [[charitable organization]]s come together, to form what will become [[Mount Sinai Hospital, New York|Mount Sinai Hospital]] in New York City.
 +
* [[January 17]] – The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the [[South African Republic|Transvaal]].
 +
* [[February 3]] – [[Battle of Caseros]], [[Argentina]]: The Argentine provinces of [[Entre Ríos Province|Entre Rios]] and [[Corrientes]], allied with [[Brazil]] and members of [[Colorado Party (Uruguay)|Colorado Party]] of Uruguay, defeat Buenos Aires troops under [[Juan Manuel de Rosas]].
 +
* [[February 11]] – The first British public toilet for women opens in [[Bedford Street]], London.
 +
* [[February 14]] – The [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]] for Sick Children, London, admits its first patient.
 +
* [[February 16]] – The ''[[Studebaker]] Brothers Wagon Company'', precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established in [[South Bend, Indiana]].
 +
* [[February 19]] – [[Phi Kappa Psi]] fraternity was founded in [[Canonsburg, PA]] at [[Washington & Jefferson College|Jefferson College]].
 +
* [[February 25]] – {{HMS|Birkenhead|1845|6}} sinks near [[Cape Town]], [[British Cape Colony]]. Only 193 of the 643 on board survive, after troops stand firm on the deck, so as not to overwhelm the [[Lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboat]]s containing women and children.
 +
* [[March 1]] – [[Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton]] is appointed [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]].
 +
* [[March 2]] – The first American experimental steam [[fire engine]] is tested.
 +
* [[March 4]] – [[Phi Mu]] sorority is founded in Macon, Georgia.
 +
* [[March 17]] – [[Annibale de Gasparis|Annibale De Gasparis]] discovers in [[Naples]] the asteroid [[16 Psyche|Psyche]] from the north dome of the [[Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte]].
 +
*[[March 18]] – [[Henry Wells]] and [[William Fargo]] created [[Wells Fargo|Wells Fargo & Company]].
 +
* [[March 20]] – ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'', by [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]], is published in book form in [[Boston]].
 +
 +
===April–June===
 +
* [[April 1]] – The [[Second Anglo-Burmese War]] begins.
 +
* [[April 18]] – [[Taiping Rebellion]]: Taiping forces begin the siege of [[Guilin]].
 +
* [[May 19]] – [[Taiping Rebellion]]: The siege of Guilin is lifted.
 +
* [[June 12]] – [[Taiping Rebellion]]: Taiping forces enter [[Hunan]].
 +
 +
===July–September===
 +
* [[July 1]] – American statesman [[Henry Clay]] is the first to receive the honor of [[lying in state]], in the [[United States Capitol rotunda]].
 +
* [[July 5]] – [[Frederick Douglass]] delivers his famous speech, "[[What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?]]", in [[Rochester, New York]].
 +
* [[July 28]] – ''[[Henry Clay (Steamboat)|Henry Clay]]'' [[steamboat]] disaster in [[Riverdale, Bronx]], claims several lives, including [[Stephen Allen]].
 +
* [[August 3]] – The first American intercollegiate athletic event, the [[Harvard–Yale Regatta|Boat Race]] between [[Yale University|Yale]] and [[Harvard University|Harvard]], is held.
 +
* [[September 11]] – [[Revolution of 11 September 1852]] in Argentina: [[Buenos Aires Province]] declares independence.
 +
* [[September 19]] – [[Annibale de Gasparis]] discovers the asteroid [[20 Massalia|Massalia]] from the north dome of the [[Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte]] in [[Naples]].
 +
* [[September 24]] – French engineer [[Henri Giffard]] makes the first [[airship]] trip, from Paris to [[Trappes]].
 +
 +
===October–December===
 +
* [[October 7]] – After learning that U.S. President Fillmore has sent Commodore [[Matthew C. Perry]], to open trade with Japan, [[Nicholas I of Russia]] sends Rear Admiral [[Yevfimy Putyatin]] to lead the ''Pallada'' on a similar mission (Putyatin arrives on [[August 21]], [[1853]], one month after Perry).
 +
* [[October 16]] – After nearly five years' imprisonment in France, former Algerian Emir [[Abdelkader El Djezairi]] is released by orders of then-president [[Napoleon III|Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte]].
 +
* [[October 23]] – The conjecture of the [[four color theorem]] is first proposed, as student [[Francis Guthrie]] of [[University College London]] presents the question of proving, mathematically, that no more than four colors are needed to give separate colors to bordering shapes on a map (the theorem is not proven for almost 123 years, until [[1976]]).
 +
* [[October 31]] – General Joaquin Solares of [[Guatemala]] leads an invasion of neighboring [[Honduras]], beginning a war that lasts until [[February 13]], [[1856]].
 +
* [[November]] – [[Leo Tolstoy]]'s [[debut novel]] ''[[Childhood (Tolstoy novel)|Childhood]]'' is published under the initials L. N., in this month's issue of the Saint Petersburg literary journal ''[[Sovremennik]]'' (and later in book form).
 +
* [[November 2]] – [[1852 U.S. presidential election]]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Franklin Pierce]] of [[New Hampshire]] defeats [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] [[Winfield Scott]] of [[Virginia]].
 +
* [[November 4]] – [[Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour]] becomes the [[Piedmont]]ese prime minister.
 +
* [[November 11]] – The new [[Palace of Westminster]] opens in London.
 +
* [[November 21]]–[[November 22|22]] – The [[Second French Empire|New French Empire]] is confirmed by [[1852 French Second Empire referendum|plebiscite]]: 7,824,000 ''for'', 253,000 ''against''.
 +
* [[November 23]] – The first roadside [[pillar box]]es in the British Isles are brought into public use in [[Saint Helier]], on [[Jersey]] in the [[Channel Islands]], at the suggestion of English novelist [[Anthony Trollope]], at this time an official of the British [[General Post Office]].
 +
* [[December]] &ndash; The [[Western Railroad (North Carolina)|Western Railroad]] is chartered to build a railroad from [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]], [[North Carolina]] to the coal fields of [[Cumnock, North Carolina|Egypt]], North Carolina.<ref>http://www.historync.org/railroad-WRR.htm</ref>
 +
* [[December 2]] &ndash; [[Napoleon III]] becomes [[List of French monarchs|Emperor of the French]].
 +
* [[December 4]] &ndash; The French [[Siege of Laghouat|capture Laghouat]].
 +
* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[Taiping Rebellion]]: The Taiping army takes [[Hanyang District|Hanyang]] and begins the siege of [[Wuchang, Hubei|Wuchang]].
 +
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[Taiping Rebellion]]: The Taiping army takes [[Hankou]].
 +
 +
===Date unknown===
 +
* The [[grooved rail]] is developed by [[Alphonse Loubat]].
 +
* The [[Devil's Island]] penal colony opens in the colony of [[French Guiana]].
 +
* The [[semaphore line]] in France is superseded by the [[telegraph]].
 +
* [[Smith & Wesson]] is founded as a firearms manufacturer in the United States.
 +
* In [[Hawaii]], sugar planters bring over the first Chinese laborers on 3 or 5 year contracts, giving them 3 dollars per month plus room and board for working a 12-hour day, 6 days a week.
 +
* Germans are encouraged to [[German Chilean|immigrate]] to [[Chile]].
 +
* The British [[Inman Line]] is the first to offer United States-bound migrants steerage passage in a steamer, {{SS|City of Glasgow}}.
 +
* [[Loyola College in Maryland|Loyola College]] is chartered in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]].
 +
* [[Antioch College]] is founded in [[Yellow Springs, Ohio]] (its first president is Horace Mann).
 +
* [[Mills College]] is founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in [[Benicia, California]].
 +
* The French Catholic [[De La Salle Brothers]] arrive from Europe in [[Singapore]], aboard ''La Julie'', and sail up to [[Penang]] in the [[Straits Settlements]], to found the first [[Lasallian educational institutions]] in Asia.
 +
* [[Justin Perkins]], an American [[Presbyterian]] missionary, produces the first translation of the [[Bible]] in [[Assyrian Neo-Aramaic]], which is published with the parallel text of the [[Syriac language|Syriac]] [[Peshitta]], by the American Bible Society.
 
{{SMWDocs}}
 
{{SMWDocs}}
−
{{Stub}}
+
==References==
 +
{{reflist}}

Latest revision as of 23:30, 28 February 2021

1842 < 1843 < 1844 < 1845 < 1846 < 1847 < 1848 <1849 < 1850 < 1851 < 1852 > 1853 > 1854 > 1855 > 1856 > 1857 > 1858 > 1859 > 1860 > 1861 > 1862
Decade.png ( 1850s: )    Year.png 1852 Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
1852 Colton's Map of the World on Mercator's Projection ( Pocket Map ) - Geographicus - World-colton-1852.jpg
The world in 1852
year 1852

Events =

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Date unknown

 

Events

EventStartEnd
Pax Brittanica18151915
Victorian era18401901

 

New Groups

GroupImageTypeDescription
St. Mary's UniversityStmarysuniversitylogo.jpgTexas Catholic university
Université LavalUlaval Shield.pngPublicUniversity in Québec City, Québec, Canada.
University of St. Michael's CollegeUniversity of St. Michael's College coat of arms.pngCatholic college of the University of Toronto.

 

A Death

TitleBornDiedSummaryDescription
Arthur Wellesley1 May 176914 September 1852Soldier
Politician		The Duke of Wellington

 

Births

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummaryDescription
Reginald Brett30 June 185222 January 1930Historian
Deep politician		A member of the Milner Group/Society of the Elect.
Herbert Asquith12 September 1852United Kingdom
West Riding of Yorkshire
Morley
UK		15 February 1928PoliticianUK PM from 1908 1916
Flora Shaw19 December 185225 January 1929Author
Journalist
Deep state operative		UK deep state operative who coined the name "Nigeria".
Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.


References

  1. ↑ http://www.historync.org/railroad-WRR.htm
Retrieved from "https://wikispooks.com/w/index.php?title=1852&oldid=204888"