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'''1851''' was 20 years before the founding of the City of [[Birmingham]] and the 32nd year of [[Alabama]] statehood. | '''1851''' was 20 years before the founding of the City of [[Birmingham]] and the 32nd year of [[Alabama]] statehood. The state suffered a serious summer drought. | ||
== Events == | == Events == | ||
* [[May 4]]-[[August 10]]: Very little rain fell statewide, producing a serious drought. | |||
=== Business === | === Business === | ||
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===Births=== | ===Births=== | ||
* [[August 15]]: [[James Powers]], | * [[August 15]]: [[James Powers]], [[List of University of Alabama presidents|president]] of the [[University of Alabama]] | ||
* [[August 17]]: [[John Altman]], attorney and politician | * [[August 17]]: [[John Altman]], attorney and politician | ||
* [[September 18]]: [[Alfred Eubank]], dentist | |||
* [[December 3]]: [[Frank Lathrop]], lumber dealer | |||
* [[Mel Drennen]], businessman and mayor of Birmingham | * [[Mel Drennen]], businessman and mayor of Birmingham | ||
===Deaths=== | ===Deaths=== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:07, 11 December 2019
1851 was 20 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham and the 32nd year of Alabama statehood. The state suffered a serious summer drought.
Events
Business
- William Browne began mining coal in Shelby County.
Individuals
- January 17: Samuel Ullman, with his parents and siblings, arrived in America.
Births
- August 15: James Powers, president of the University of Alabama
- August 17: John Altman, attorney and politician
- September 18: Alfred Eubank, dentist
- December 3: Frank Lathrop, lumber dealer
- Mel Drennen, businessman and mayor of Birmingham
Deaths
- Mary Pullen, wife of William Pullen
Context
In 1851, Northwestern University was founded. The Great Flood of 1851 hit the Midwest. The yacht America won the first America's Cup race. The New York Times was founded. The Reuters news service was founded. Ariel and Umbriel, moons of Uranus, were discovered by William Lassell. Herman Melville's novel, Moby-Dick, was published. Western Union was founded. Louis Napoleon, president of France, dissolved the French National Assembly and declared a new constitution to extend his term. The largest fire in the Library of Congress' history destroyed 35,000 books.
Notable births in 1851 statesman Léon Bourgeois, archaeologist Arthur Evans, gunfighter Doc Holliday, librarian Melvil Dewey, and businessman Asa Griggs Candler. Notable deaths included naturalist John James Audubon, author Mary Shelley, mathematician Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, nutritionist Sylvester Graham, writer James Fenimore Cooper, and artist J. M. W. Turner.
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