Births on June 19

Billy Midwinter

Born on June 19, 1851

Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (d. 1890)

William Evans Midwinter (19 June 1851 – 3 December 1890) was a cricketer who played four Test matches for England, sandwiched in between eight Tests that he played for Australia. Midwinter holds a unique place in cricket history as the only cricketer to have played for both Australia and England in Test Matches against each other.

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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.
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.
12 Aug

Sewing machine
Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
24 Oct

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

Births on June 19

Billy Midwinter

Born on June 19, 1851

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Events on 1851

Australian gold rushes

Giuseppe Verdi

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Sewing machine

Umbriel (moon)