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| Born : | 07/08/1851 | Arthur J Evans, English archaeologist (Kreta) |
| Born : | 12/30/1851 | Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola |
| Born : | 04/09/1851 | C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (Neth Indies) |
| Born : | 11/06/1851 | Charles H Dow, co-founded Dow Jones/1st editor of Wall St Journal |
| Born : | 06/21/1851 | Daniel Carter Beard, US, organized 1st boy scout troop |
| Born : | 01/19/1851 | David Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford) |
| Born : | 11/21/1851 | D‚sir‚ J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal |
| Born : | 04/24/1851 | Eduardo Acevedo D¡az, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) |
| Born : | 05/20/1851 | Emile Berliner, Germany, inventor (flat phonograph record) |
| Born : | 09/15/1851 | Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish writer (Sirena Negra) |
| Born : | 04/16/1851 | Ernst Josephson, Sweden, artist |
| Born : | 10/02/1851 | Ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I |
| Born : | 08/19/1851 | French Schollaert, Belgian politician |
| Born : | 10/15/1851 | George F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament) |
| Born : | 01/08/1851 | G‚rard Leman, Belgian general |
| Born : | 07/19/1851 | Hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer (head of Jut) |
| Born : | 09/28/1851 | Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Judah) |
| Born : | 08/17/1851 | Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist |
| Born : | 08/03/1851 | Isabella Caroline Somerset, temperance leader |
| Born : | 10/16/1851 | James Ten Eyck, champion rower/coach (Ten Eyck Trophy namesake) |
| Born : | 01/25/1851 | Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Princess of Herberg) |
| Born : | 02/03/1851 | Johannes B van Heutsz, lt-gen/gov-gen Dutch East Indies |
| Born : | 01/19/1851 | Johannes C Kapteyn, astronomer |
| Born : | 08/13/1851 | John Lincoln Clem, Drummer (Union volunteers), died in 1937 |
| Born : | 07/07/1851 | Lillien Jane Martin, psychologist. found gerontology clinic |
| Born : | 01/09/1851 | Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuiet/writer (Peque¤eces, Boy) |
| Born : | 05/21/1851 | L‚on Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920) |
| Born : | 05/29/1851 | L‚on VA Bourgeois, French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920) |
| Born : | 12/10/1851 | Melvil Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries |
| Born : | 07/11/1851 | Millieand Christine, NC, siamese twins |
| Born : | 06/12/1851 | Oliver Joseph Lodge, England, early radio pioneer |
| Born : | 01/27/1851 | Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega) |
| Born : | 03/19/1851 | Roque S enz Pe¤a, pres of Argentina (1910-14) |
| Born : | 05/20/1851 | Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, US, nun/daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Born : | 12/16/1851 | Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08) |
| Born : | 01/14/1851 | Th‚ophile EA de Bock, painter/etcher/drawer |
| Born : | 03/27/1851 | Vincent d'Indy, Paris France, dandy composer (Symphonie C‚venole) |
| Born : | 11/10/1851 | Waldemar Brígger, Norway, geologist/mineralogist (Metamict State) |
| Born : | 09/13/1851 | Walter Reed, US Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever |
| Died : | 11/18/1851 | Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80 |
| Died : | 12/19/1851 | J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies |
| Died : | 01/27/1851 | John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65 |
| Died : | 07/05/1851 | Juanita, Mexican, lynched in Calif |
| Died : | 07/10/1851 | Louis-Jacques-Mand‚ Daguerre, French painter (daguerreotypie), dies |
| Died : | 02/01/1851 | Mary Wollstonecroft Shelley, writer (Frankenstein), dies at 53 |
| Died : | 10/31/1851 | Peter II Petrovic Njegos, bishop of Montenegro (1830-51), dies at 37 |
| Died : | 05/24/1851 | Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (grammatica), dies at 40 |
| Special : | 11/14/1851 | "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published |
| Special : | 08/12/1851 | 1st America's Cup-US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora |
| Special : | 10/01/1851 | 1st Hawaiian stamps issued |
| Special : | 06/02/1851 | 1st US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine) |
| Special : | 12/29/1851 | 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston) |
| Special : | 12/09/1851 | 1st Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montr‚al) |
| Special : | 05/04/1851 | 1st major SF fire |
| Special : | 07/29/1851 | A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #15 Eunomia |
| Special : | 02/15/1851 | Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave |
| Special : | 01/01/1851 | City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line |
| Special : | 03/03/1851 | Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3› piece) |
| Special : | 05/06/1851 | Dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine" |
| Special : | 12/24/1851 | Fire devastates Library of Congress in Wash, destroys 35,000 volumes |
| Special : | 01/15/1851 | Gen Arista replaces Mexican Pres Herrera |
| Special : | 08/22/1851 | Gold fields discovered in Australia |
| Special : | 05/01/1851 | Great Exhibition opens in London's Hyde Park, with Crystal Palace |
| Special : | 08/12/1851 | Issac Singer patents sewing machine |
| Special : | 05/19/1851 | J R Hind discovers asteroid #14 Irene |
| Special : | 06/15/1851 | Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up 1st ice-cream factory |
| Special : | 05/03/1851 | Most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die |
| Special : | 09/18/1851 | NY Times starts publishing, at 2› a copy |
| Special : | 01/28/1851 | Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered |
| Special : | 11/22/1851 | Opera "La Perle Du Br‚sil" is produced (Paris) |
| Special : | 12/04/1851 | Pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France |
| Special : | 05/06/1851 | SF Chamber of Commerce starts |
| Special : | 01/31/1851 | SF Orphan's Asylum, 1st in Calif founded |
| Special : | 06/09/1851 | San Francisco Committee of Vigilance forms (1st time) |
| Special : | 01/25/1851 | Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron) |
| Special : | 03/11/1851 | The opera "Rigoletto" is produced (Venice) |
| Special : | 07/28/1851 | Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph |
| Special : | 12/24/1851 | US Library of Congress catches fire; 35,000 books burn |
| Special : | 02/--/1851 | University of Minnesota chartered |
| Special : | 10/24/1851 | William Lassell discovers Ariel & Umbriel, satellites of Uranus |
| Special : | 07/24/1851 | Window tax abolished in Britain |
| Special : | 08/22/1851 | Yacht "America" wins 1st Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup) |
| Special : | 03/21/1851 | Yosemite Valley discovered in California |
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