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Frederic Hymen Cowen
1852Jan, 29

Frederic Hymen Cowen

Frederic Hymen Cowen, Jamaican-English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1935)
Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (29 January 1852 – 6 October 1935), was an English composer, conductor and pianist.

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Events on 1852

  • 20Mar

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
  • 3Aug

    Harvard-Yale Regatta

    Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
  • 21Aug

    Fort Selkirk

    Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
  • 24Sep

    Henri Giffard

    The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.
  • 16Nov

    22 Kalliope

    The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.