9 events found for 1850
The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina
The American League of Colored Laborers, the first African American labor union in the United States, is established in
Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway
Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece
U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President…
Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
U.S. President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming president upon Zachary Taylor's death.
Vega becomes the first star (other than the Sun) to be photographed.
Richard Wagner's Lohengrin premieres at the Staatskapelle Weimar.