1851

What Happened in 1851

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World Leaders in 1851

John Russell
British Prime Minister
Millard Fillmore
13th US President

Famous People in 1851

Charles Dickens
Novelist
Giuseppe Verdi
Composer

Famous People Born in 1851

Charles E. Hires
(1851 - 1937)
Doc Holliday
(1851 - 1887)

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Would You Believe?

1st baseball uniforms worn, NY Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt & blue long trousers

On June 3, 1851

Famous Deaths

Hans Oersted
(1777 - 1851)
James Fenimore Cooper
(1789 - 1851)
John James Audubon
(1785 - 1851)
Louis-Jacques Daguerre
(1787 - 1851)
Mary Shelley
(1797 - 1851)

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Articles on Events in 1851

Light and Air For All – With No Charge!
One of Britain's most hated taxes, which had been in force for more than 250 years, was finally abolished on this day.
July 24, 1851

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