Historical Events in 1851
50 curated events dated to this year, and 160 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1851
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Publication of Moby-Dick
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Appointment as Inspector of Schools
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Discovery of Gold at Ophir Sparks Australian Gold Rushes
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Publication of 'Lays of the Western Gael'
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The Great Exhibition in London (1851)
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Theological Controversies and Resignation
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Arthur Hill Hassall Begins Food Adulteration Investigations
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First International Sanitary Conference Opens in Paris
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Isaac Singer Improves and Markets the Sewing Machine
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Marriage to Frances Lucy Wightman
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Marriage to Levi Thaxter
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Melville's Moby-Dick Features Queequeg's Tattooed Body as Sacred Text
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Patronage by Lady Byron
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Publication of 'The Stones of Venice'
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Sojourner Truth Delivers 'Ain't I a Woman?' Speech
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The Lancet Launches Analytical Sanitary Commission
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Verlaine's Family Relocation to Paris
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Amelia Bloomer Promotes Reform Dress and the 'Bloomer' Costume
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Baudelaire's Wine and Hashish Compared
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Birth of Melville's Second Child
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First Published Poem
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First submarine telegraph cable laid across the English Channel
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First U.S. Patent for Mechanical Refrigeration Granted to John Gorrie
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Friendship with Julia Ward Howe
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Introduction of Pressure Canning Retort
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Jacob Fussell Establishes First Wholesale Ice Cream Factory
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John Gorrie Patents Mechanical Ice-Making Machine
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Kelvin's Formulation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics
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Marriage to William Wilde
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Move to London
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Publication of 'Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania'
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Publication of 'Swanee River'
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Publication of 'The Betrothed'
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Thomson's First Published Poem
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Victorian Gold Rush Begins in Australia
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Birth of First Child
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Carlo Gatti Opens Affordable Ice Cream Stand
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Education at the University of the City of New York
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Georgian 'Amiran-Darejaniani' Folk Epic First Published
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International Sanitary Conferences Begin
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Involvement in the Scottish Literary Society
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Marriage to Helen Allingham
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Marriage to Mary Ann
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Thackeray's Appointment as Professor of History
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Thackeray's Move to Kensington
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Birth of First Child, William Rands
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Early Education and Literary Influences
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Education at Crocketford School
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First Municipal Public Toilet Opens in London
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Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff Improves Induction Coil
Poets alive in 1851
160 poets
Poets in 1851
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