8 events found for 1851
The Congress of Colombia passed a law abolishing slavery in the country, to take effect at the beginning of the new year
Sojourner Truth (pictured) delivered her "Ain't I a Woman?" speech at the Woman's Rights Convention in Akron
The yacht America won the race for the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns (trophy pictured), later renamed the America's…
In a fight near Christiana, Pennsylvania, a group of escaped slaves and free Blacks led by William Parker fought off a…
The New York Times, the largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, was founded.
The British East India Company inaugurated the Horsburgh Lighthouse on the rocky outcrop of Pedra Branca, Singapore,…
William Lassell found Umbriel and Ariel, the third and fourth Uranian moons to be discovered.
Umbriel and Ariel, the third- and fourth-largest moons of Uranus, were discovered by William Lassell.