1850s POLITICS & CULTURE.
| U.S. President Taylor: 1850-1852 | U.S. President Pierce: 1852-1856 |
| California new U.S. state: 1850 | Slavery - "War for Bleeding Kansas": 1854 |
| Republican Party: 1854 | Slavery - Massacre of Potawatomie, Kansas: 1856 |
| Minnesota new U.S. state: 1858 | Oregon new U.S. state: 1859
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1850s SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.
| Baby carriage: 1850 | Bunsen's gas burner: 1850 |
| Law of electomagnetic induction: 1851 | Continuous stitch sewing machine: 1851 |
| Double-decker bus: 1851 | Sparrows imported: 1852 |
| Plaster bandages: 1852 | Tungsten steel: 1855 |
| Printing telegraph: 1855 | Rayon: 1855 |
| Aniline dye: 1856 | Cocaine: 1856 |
| Steamroller: 1859 | Drilled oil well: 1859 |
1850s SPORTS.
| Chicago Baseball Unions: 1856 | National Association of Baseball Players: 1858 |
| Tightrope walk across Niagra: 1859 |
1850s MUSIC COMPOSITIONS
- Bristow
- 1850, Rip Van Winkle, opera.
- Peter von Cornelius
- 1858, Der Barbier von Bagdad, opera.
- Gounod
- 1851, Sappho, opera.
- 1859, Faust, opera.
- Offenbach
- 1858, Orphée aux enfers, operetta.
- Schumann
- 1850, Genoveva.
- 1852, Manfred.
- Verdi
- 1851, Rigoletto.
- 1853, Il Travatore.
- 1853, La Traviata.
- 1855, Les Vepres Siciliennes, opera.
- 1859, Un Ballo in Maschera, opera.
- Wagner
- 1850, Lohengrin.
1850s ART & THEATER.
Crystal Palace, London: 1850.
Neo-Gothic architecture, Italianate architecture.
Jenny Lind's U.S. Singing Tour: 1850
Artists
Corot, Courbet, William P. Frith, William Holman Hunt, Millais, Millet.
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