Explore 785 historical events from 1850–1859.
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia from October 1853 to February 1856. Geopolitical causes of…
Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma.
SS Arctic was a 2,856-ton paddle steamer, which was one of the few Collins Line liners, which operated a transatlantic passenger and mail steamship service during the 1850s. She wa…
The paddle steamer SS Arctic, owned by the Collins Line of New York, sinks off the coast of Newfoundland, following a…
The great fire of Gateshead and Newcastle was a series of events starting on Friday 6 October 1854, in which a substantial amount of property in two North East England towns was de…
In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses…
Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during the Crimean War, was part of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55), an attempt by the British, French and Ottoman allies to ca…
The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the…
Jules Henri Poincaré was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as "The Last U…
Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist and engineer (died 1912)
George F. Gore, nicknamed "Piano Legs", was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for 14 seasons, eight for the Chicago White Stockings, five for the New Y…
George Gore, American baseball player and manager (died 1933)
John McCarthy Blackham was a Test cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia.
Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (died 1932)
Ioannis (Yiannis) Psycharis was a Russian-born philologist who was much of his life a national of France. He was of Greek descent. He was also a writer and a promoter of Demotic Gr…
Ioannis Psycharis, Ukrainian-French philologist and author (died 1929)
Bernard Zweers was a Dutch composer and music teacher.
Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (died 1924)
George Michael "Mick" Prendergast was an Australian politician who served as the 28th Premier of Victoria. He was born to Irish emigrant parents in Adelaide, but he grew up in Staw…
George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (died 1937)
Solko Johannes van den Bergh was a Dutch sport shooter.
Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter (died 1916)
Sir Douglas Colin Cameron KCMG was a Canadian politician. He served in the Ontario Legislature from 1902 to 1905, and was the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1911 to 19…
Douglas Cameron, Canadian politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 1921)
Sarah Grand was an Irish-English feminist writer active from 1873 to 1922. Her work revolved around the New Woman ideal.
Sarah Grand, Irish feminist writer (died 1943)
Sir Charles Algernon Parsons was an Anglo-Irish mechanical engineer and inventor who designed the modern steam turbine in 1884. His invention revolutionised marine propulsion, and …
Charles Algernon Parsons, English engineer, founded C
Edward Willis Scripps was an American newspaper publisher. He and his sister Ellen Browning Scripps founded the E. W. Scripps Company, today a diversified media conglomerate, as we…
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Alfredo Catalani was an Italian operatic composer. He is best remembered for his operas Loreley (1890) and La Wally (1892). La Wally was composed to a libretto by Luigi Illica, and…
Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (died 1893)
Robert Hjalmar Mellin was a Finnish mathematician and function theorist.
Hjalmar Mellin, Finnish mathematician and theorist (died 1933)
Ella Augusta "Eleanor" Norcross was an American painter who studied under William Merritt Chase and Alfred Stevens. She lived the majority of her adult life in Paris, France, as an…
Eleanor Norcross, American painter (died 1923)
Sir Robert Laird Borden was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. He is best known for his leadership of Canada duri…
Robert Laird Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1937)
Leoš Janáček was a Czech composer, music theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic music, including Eastern European folk music, to …
Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and theorist (died 1928)
George Eastman was an American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. After a …
George Eastman, American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (died 1933)
Philomène Belliveau was a Canadian artist of Acadian descent.
Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (died 1940)
Ernest Belfort Bax was an English barrister, journalist, philosopher, men's rights advocate, socialist, and historian.
Ernest Belfort Bax, English barrister, journalist, philosopher, men's rights advocate, socialist and historian (died…