1852 Calendar
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1852 Historical Event(s)
- February 5, 1852 – The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
- 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.
- 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.
- October 11, 1852 – The University of Sydney, Australia’s oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
- 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).
Who Were Born On 1852?
- January 26, 1852 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà), explorer (d. 1905)
- March 1, 1852 – Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (d. 1923)
- March 15, 1852 – Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish dramatist (d. 1932)
- April 22, 1852 – Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1912)
- May 1, 1852 – Calamity Jane, American Wild West performer (d. 1903)
- August 23, 1852 – Clímaco Calderón, President of Colombia. (d. 1913)
- September 18, 1852 – Clement Lindley Wragge, British-born meteorologist (d. 1922)
- September 23, 1852 – William Stewart Halsted, American surgeon (d. 1922)
- October 2, 1852 – Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist (d. 1916)
- December 4, 1852 – Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (d. 1934)