Events from 1850

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1850 ID: 879
Punctation of Olmutz - Prussia backs down from confrontation with Austria
ID: 879
1850 ID: 880
Herbert Spencer develops Social Darwinism - nature's effort to get rid of unfit
ID: 880
1850 ID: 881
George Stokes develops systematic theory of fluid dynamics mathematics - Stokes equations
ID: 881
1850 ID: 882
Robert Bunsen develops Bunsen burner at University of Heidelberg
ID: 882
University of Heidelberg
1850 ID: 883
New York had 8,141 cellars sheltering 18,456 people
ID: 883
New York
1850 ID: 884
Chicago milk from diseased cows causes 8,000 child deaths annually in New York
ID: 884
Chicago
1850 ID: 885
St. Anthony Mary Claret founds Claretians - survives 15 assassination attempts
ID: 885
1850 ID: 4722
Taiping Rebellion begins - Hong Xiuquan claims to be brother of Jesus, 20-30 million die
ID: 4722
Nanjing

Books & Texts from 1850

📖 nathaniel-hawthorne - the-scarlet-letter
📖 john-greenleaf-whittier - yankee-gypsies
📖 christopher-marlowe - the-tragical-history-of-doctor-faustus
📖 charles-dickens - david-copperfield
📖 alexandre-dumas-and-august-maquet - the-black-tulip
📖 charlotte-bronte - biographical-notes-on-the-pseudonymous-bells