1850


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1850 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a of the 12-day-slower ).

January - June

 * - introduces the  to the
 * - opens in ,
 * -  gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the  in order to prevent a possible.
 * - 's  is published.
 * - is founded by  &.
 * - is incorporated as a city.
 * - is incorporated as a city.
 * - The  is loaned to the.
 * - The puts to sea from  to search for 's Arctic expedition.
 * - The issues of  began with a series of  typographed stamps featuring the coat of arms.
 * - The traditional date of 's founding. This is the date on which it was incorporated by as the "Town of Kansas".

July - December

 * July - : orders the general mobilisation of  rebel forces.
 * - Vice President is inaugurated as the 13th  following the death of President Taylor.
 * - opera  premieres.
 * - is admitted as the 31st.
 * - is organized by order of the.
 * - The is passed by the.
 * - The hierarchy is re-established in  and  by.
 * - Foundation of the, the oldest in
 * November - : First clashes of the Taiping Rebellion occur between militia and the Heavenly Army.
 * - The treaty called was signed in . It meant diplomatic capitulation of  to, which took over the leadership of.
 * - The first four sailing ships arrived at the Port of, with 792 emigrants or Canterbury Pilgrims as they called themselves. On this day they founded an exclusive theocratic , which they called.

Undated

 * The starts in  USA,
 * , the world's first purpose- built exhibition hall, opens in,.
 * forms the North-Western Police Agency, later the
 * France begins to transport colonists to.
 * Modern created in Spain.
 * becomes common in firearms.
 * in revolts - it is backed by  in alliance with  and the an.
 * becomes an official conductor of the.
 * The is established, then as the order Knights of Jericho.
 * Foundation of St. Mary’s Institute in Dayton, OH, which would eventually become the.
 * In, a mob of 500 people, led by police, ransack a Synagogue
 * is launched.

January - June

 * -, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (d. )
 * -, English historian and scholar (d. )
 * -, German social democratic theoretician and politician (d. )
 * -, Polish-German composer (d. )
 * -, U.S. architect (d. )
 * -, Italian stamp collector (d. )
 * -, French sailor and writer (d. )
 * , Romanian romantic poet (d. )
 * , son of the British naturalist Charles Darwin (d. )
 * , Russian mathematician (d. )
 * -, Russian composer (d. )
 * -, American educator (d. )
 * -, English author and politician (d. )
 * , German psychologist (d. )
 * , American novelist (d. )
 * , British writer and painter (d. )
 * , Captain of the Titanic (d. )
 * , U.S. labor union leader (d. )
 * -, U.S. Navy officer (d. )
 * , British urban planner (d. )
 * , Australian engineer (d. )
 * -, U.S. novelist (d. )
 * -, U.S. geographer (d. )
 * -, Prime Minister of Japan (d. )
 * -, U.S. political figure (d. )
 * -, Premier of Western Australia (d. )
 * -, English musician (d. )
 * -, Swiss hotelier (d. )
 * , U.S. railroad pioneer and art collector (d. )
 * , U.S. author (d. )
 * , President of Czechoslovakia (d. )
 * , U.S. politician (d. )
 * , Canadian police officer (d. )
 * , Socialist politician in Bavaria (d. )
 * -, British sculptor (d. )
 * -, British tennis player and cricketer (d. )
 * -, premier of Manitoba (d. )
 * -, U.S. author (d. )
 * -, U.S. invertebrate paleontologist (d. )
 * -, American 19th century baseball player (d. )
 * -, German-born British businessman and art collector (d. )
 * -, U.S. senator (d. )
 * -, Prime Minister of Russia (d. )
 * -, British astronomer (d. )
 * , Nova Scotia politician (d. )
 * , Canadian missionary (d. )
 * -, German railway planner (d. )
 * -, U.S. labor organizer (d. )
 * -, U.S. sculptor (d. )
 * -, Scottish-Brazilian rancher (d. )
 * , British sculptor (d. )
 * , Australian politician (d. )
 * -, German soldier (d. )
 * -, first mayor of Calgary (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, U.S. cowboy (d. )
 * -, Russian chess player (d. )
 * -, Hungarian conductor (d. )
 * -, U.S. baseball player (d. )
 * -, Scottish merchant and yachtsman (d. )
 * , U.S. statesman (d. )
 * , Scottish Liberal politician and jurist (d. )
 * -, premier of South Australia (d. )
 * -, Governor of Colorado (d. )
 * -, British engineer (d. )
 * -, Italian volcanologist (d. )
 * -, British pioneer of cinematography (d. )
 * -, serial killer (d. )
 * -, English jurist and historian (d. )
 * -, U.S. soldier and statesman (d. )
 * , British businessman (d. )
 * , responsible for diabetes mellitus (d. )
 * -, American businessman and politician (d. )
 * -, American bartender and sheriff (d. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Portuguese explorer of Africa (d. )
 * -, U.S. fossil collector and amateur paleontologist (d. )
 * -, U.S. publisher (d. )
 * -, U.S. scouting pioneer (d. )
 * -, Jewish Hungarian orientalist (d. )
 * -, British field marshal and statesman (d. )
 * , Bulgarian poet (d. )
 * , Greco-Japanese author (d. )
 * , Danish mathematician (d. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Portuguese explorer of Africa (d. )
 * -, U.S. fossil collector and amateur paleontologist (d. )
 * -, U.S. publisher (d. )
 * -, U.S. scouting pioneer (d. )
 * -, Jewish Hungarian orientalist (d. )
 * -, British field marshal and statesman (d. )
 * , Bulgarian poet (d. )
 * , Greco-Japanese author (d. )
 * , Danish mathematician (d. )
 * , Danish mathematician (d. )

July - December

 * -, U.S. ornithologist (d. )
 * -, U.S. Sanskrit scholar (d. )
 * , U.S. businessman and politician (d. )
 * , German anthropologist (d. )
 * -, U.S. saint (d. )
 * -, U.S. businessman (d. )
 * -, U.S. vintner (d. )
 * , Tennessee congressman (d. )
 * , French composer of stage musicals (d. )
 * August -, Mexican general (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, Swiss zoologist (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, British mathematician (d. )
 * -, sister of (d. )
 * -, British mathematician (d. )
 * -, sister of (d. )

January - June

 * -, interim President of Mexico (b. )
 * -, Danish poet and playwright (b. )
 * , French Catholic priest (b. )
 * Saint, Italian missionary (b. )
 * -, Scottish judge and literary critic (b. )
 * , German sculptor (b. )
 * , composer (b. )
 * -, officer in the United States Navy (b. )
 * -, acting president of Mexico (b. )
 * -, British military officer and colonial administrator (b. )
 * -, of the of China (b. )
 * -, Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas (b. )
 * -, U.S. religious leader (b. )
 * , Argentine general and politician (b. )
 * , British naval officer and explorer of New Guinea (b. )
 * -, U.S. political figure (b. )
 * -, German banker and astronomer (b. )
 * -, Governor of Mississippi (b. )
 * -, U.S. politician (b. )
 * -, English poet and critic (b. )
 * -, English chemist and physician (b. )
 * -, U.S. Baptist missionary (b. )
 * -, French wax sculptor (b. )
 * -, Polish general (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )
 * -, U.S. newspaperman and senator (b. )
 * -, French zoologist and anatomist (b. )
 * -, French chemist and physicist (b. )
 * -, U.S. poet (b. )
 * -, German theological writer and preacher (b. )
 * -, Polish noble (b. )
 * -, Tuscan satirical poet (b. )
 * -, English surgeon
 * -, British explorer of New South Wales (b. )
 * -, American journalist (b. )
 * -, American Quaker teacher (b. )
 * -, British explorer of New South Wales (b. )
 * -, American journalist (b. )
 * -, American Quaker teacher (b. )

July - December

 * -, (b. )
 * -, English entomologist (b. )
 * -, British steam locomotive engineer
 * -, 1st Duke of Cambridge (b. )
 * The, Persian founder of the Bábí Faith (b. ) (executed by firing squad)
 * , 12th (b. )
 * , (b. )
 * -, Scottish lighthouse engineer (b. )
 * -, German theologian and church historian (b. )
 * -, military governor of California (b. )
 * -, U.S. Navy officer (b. )
 * , Irish poet (b. )
 * , Maori chief and war leader
 * -, Irish painter and president of the Royal Academy (b. )
 * - General, military and n independence hero (b. )
 * , British Tory politician (b. )
 * , French author (b. )
 * -, Austrian poet (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, English classical scholar and schoolmaster (b. )
 * -, British Tory politician (b. )
 * -, officer in the United States Marine Corps (b. )
 * -, German economist (b. )
 * -, Uruguayan revolutionary (b. )
 * -, English painter (b. )
 * -, Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (b. )
 * -, Democratic governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina (b. )
 * -, governor of Illinois (b. )
 * -, German classical scholar (b. )
 * -, French writer on ethics and political science (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Chinese politician (b. )
 * -, Swiss chemist and doctor (b. )
 * -, English physicist and inventor (b. )
 * , Polish general (b. )
 * , French mineralogist and geologist (b. )
 * -, U.S. lawyer and lay preacher (b. )
 * - French author and economist (b. )
 * -, German astronomer (b. )
 * date unknown
 * , English evangelical divine (b. )
 * , wife of John Graves Simcoe (b. )
 * , English novelist (b. )
 * , regent of
 * , Scottish poet (b. )
 * , Singaporean businessman philanthropist
 * , Scots-Irish novelist (b. )
 * , regent of
 * , Scottish poet (b. )
 * , Singaporean businessman philanthropist
 * , Scots-Irish novelist (b. )