Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century |
Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century (18th century - 19th century - 20th century) |
18th century - 19th century - 20th century |
Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s - 1850s - 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s |
Decades: 1790s - 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 |
Years: 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 - 1855 - 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 |
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*[Gustave Courbet]? sets of Pavilion of Realism in protest of "official art" at Paris International Exhibition |
*March 2 - accession of Russian Tsar Alexander II *November - [David Livingstone]? discovers the [Victoria Falls]? *accession of [Emperor Theodore II of Ethiopia]? *[Gustave Courbet]? sets up Pavilion of Realism in protest against "official art" at Paris International Exhibition |
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*July 30: [Wilhelm von Siemens]?, German industrialist |
*Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher |
*February 23 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer and physicist *Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher |