1850

Years: 1847 1848 1849 - 1850 - 1851 1852 1853
Decades: 1820s 1830s 1840s - 1850s - 1860s 1870s 1880s
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1850 in art 1850 in literature 1850 in music 1850 in science 1850 in sports List of state leaders in 1850 List of religious leaders in 1850

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

January 4 - The first American ice-skating club is formed (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
January 29 - Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the United States Congress
February 28 - University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah
March 7 - United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
March 18 - American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo.
April 4 - Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
July 9 - President Zachary Taylor dies while in office and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States (he is inaugurated the next day).
August 28 - Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin premieres
September 9 - California is admitted as the 31st U.S. state.
September 9 - New Mexico Territory is organized by order of the U.S. Congress
December 16 - The first four ships arrived at Lyttelton to settle Christchurch, New Zealand.

End of the Irish potato famine
The United States Republican Party is founded
Foundation of the University of Sydney, the oldest in Australia
The American System of Watch Manufacturing starts in Roxbury, Mass.U.S.A. Waltham Watch Company
Bingley Hall, the world's first purpose- built exhibition hall, opens in Birmingham, England.
Pinkerton Detective Agency
France begins to transport colonists to Algeria
Modern acoustic guitar created in Spain
Use of anesthesia in surgery increases in USA and Europe
Rifling becomes common in firearms
Entre Rios province in Argentina revolts - it is backed by Brazil in alliance with Paraguay and the Uruguayan Colorado Party