Year 1851 in History - Important Historical Events of the year 1851

The year 1851 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1851 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

Event__Date	Incident/Event
21 May	Slavery ended in Columbia, South America.
02 June	For the first time in America, the Prohibition of Alcohol Act was enacted in Maine province.
18 September	The New York Times newspaper began publication.
24 October	First telegraph line started between Calcutta and Diamond Harbor.
22 August	The area of gold mines was discovered in Australia.
22 December	The first freight train in the country was run from Roorkee.
28 January	Northwestern University was established in Illinois.
01 March	Victor Hugo used the United States of Europe in a speech at the French National Assembly.
28 April	Santa Clara College was founded in Santa Clara, California.
15 May	The first Australian Gold Rush was announced, although the discovery was made three months earlier.
09 June	SF Committee of Vigilance Forms was set up for the first time).
10 July	Pacific University was established as California Wesleyan College in Santa Clara, California.
22 August	Yacht America won the first American race cup off the coast of England.
15 September	St. Joseph's University founded in Philadelphia.
18 October	A great exhibition was closed in London.
26 November	Telegraph connection started between London and Paris.
09 December	The first YMCA Montreal was established in North America.
06 February	The largest bushfire in a populous region in Australian history swept across Victoria, resulting in approximately 5 million hectares burnt.
11 March	Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto was first performed at La Fenice in Venice.
01 May	The Great Exhibition, the first time the world's fair, London's Hyde Park was opened.
22 August	The boat US won the first US Cup Race (Trophipricated) near the Isle of White in England.
18 September	The largest metropolitan newspaper was established in the New York Times, innitid states.
18 October	Mobi-Dik is a novel by American writer Harman Melvil, published as a whale.

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