Births on April 16

Ponnambalam Ramanathan

Born on April 16, 1851

Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (d. 1930)

Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, CMG, KC (Tamil: பொன்னம்பலம் இராமநாதன், romanized: Poṉṉampalam Irāmanātaṉ; 16 April 1851 – 26 November 1930) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and Solicitor-General of Ceylon.

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Events on 1851

12 Feb

Australian gold rushes
Edward Hargraves announces he has found gold in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, starting the Australian gold rushes.
11 Mar

Giuseppe Verdi
The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
21 May

Colombia
Slavery is abolished in Colombia, South America.
5 Jun

Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
24 Oct

Umbriel (moon)
William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel, and Ariel, orbiting Uranus.

Births on April 16

Ponnambalam Ramanathan

Born on April 16, 1851

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Events on 1851

Australian gold rushes

Giuseppe Verdi

Colombia

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Umbriel (moon)