1852 - What happened in 1852 ?

January 1852

Saturday 03:

First Chinese arrive in Hawaii.

Saturday 17:

United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the Transvaal.

February 1852

Sunday 15:

Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits first patient.

Monday 16:

Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.

Thursday 19:

The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

March 1852

Monday 01:

Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Saturday 20:

1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.

July 1852

Saturday 03:

Congress establishes the United States's 2nd mint in San Francisco, California.

August 1852

Saturday 21:

Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory

September 1852

Friday 24:

The first airship is displayed.

November 1852

Thursday 04:

Count Camillo Benso di Cavour became the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expanded to become Italy.

December 1852

Thursday 02:

Napoleon III becomes Emperor of France.