What Happened In September 1852 - Historical Events 1852 September

Historical Events for September, 1852

11th » The State of Buenos Aires secedes from the Federales (Argentina) named Argentine Federal government, rejoining on September 17, 1861. Several places are named 'Once de Septiembre' after this event.
24th » The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels convert 17 mi km from Paris to Trappes.

2nd » Paul Bourget, French author and critic (d. 1935)
6th » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (d. 1918)
8th » Gojong of Korea (d. 1919)
10th » Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (d. 1937)
10th » Alice Brown Davis, American tribal chief (d. 1935)
12th » H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1928)
18th » Clement Lindley Wragge, English-Australian meteorologist and public servant (d. 1922)
23rd » William Stewart Halsted, American physician and surgeon (d. 1922)
28th » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
30th » Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1924)

4th » William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
14th » Augustus Pugin, English architect, designed Scarisbrick Hall (b. 1812)
14th » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
15th » Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, German-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1770)
20th » Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (b. 1775)
22nd » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge (b. 1783)