1852 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1852?
- January 17, 1852 – The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the Transvaal.
- February 3, 1852 – Justo José de Urquiza defeats Juan Manuel de Rosas at the Battle of Caseros.
- February 5, 1852 – The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
- February 14, 1852 – Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital providing in-patient beds specifically for children in the English-speaking world, is founded in London.
- February 16, 1852 – Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
- March 1, 1852 – Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
- March 20, 1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published.
- April 9, 1852 – At a general conference of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young explains the Adam–God doctrine, an important part of the theology of Mormon fundamentalism.
- May 1, 1852 – The Philippine peso is introduced into circulation.
- May 29, 1852 – Jenny Lind left New York after her wildly successful two-year American tour.
- July 3, 1852 – Congress establishes the United States’ 2nd mint in San Francisco, California.
- August 3, 1852 – Harvard wins the first Boat Race between Yale and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
- August 21, 1852 – Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
- September 24, 1852 – The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 mi from Paris to Trappes.
- October 11, 1852 – The University of Sydney, Australia’s oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
- November 4, 1852 – Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
- November 16, 1852 – The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
- December 2, 1852 – Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French (Napoleon III).
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