Don Pacifico Affair. 1850. Britain siezes Greek ships. Causes international protest.

Eminescu, Mihau. 1850-89. Romanian poet, writer.

Erfurt Parliament. 1850. Austrian opposition causes withdrawal of Prussian plan for German Unification.

Fargo, William. 1818-81. Founded American Express 1850, Wells Fargo 1852.

Filibusters. 1850s. US adventurers who illegally organized revolutions in Central America. Walker.

Fillmore, Millard. 1800-74. US President 1850-3. Delayed Civil War. Know Nothing Party 1856.

French, Daniel. 1850-1931. US sculptor. Lincoln’s Memorial 1922. Minuteman 1875.

Fugitive Slave Acts. 1793-1850. Required return of runaway slaves. American Civil War.

Gay-Lussac, Louis. 1778-1850. French chemist. Laws of combining gases, 1804. Meteorology.

Gompers, Samuel. 1850-1924. British/US founder, president, AFL 1886~.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. 1804-64. US author: Scarlet Letter 1850. House of Seven Gables 1851.

Hearn, Lafcadio. 1850-1904. Translator; brought Japanese culture to West.

Industrial Revolution. 1730-. Transformation from agricultural to urbanized manufacturing economy as a result of steam power. 1830 England, France. 1850 Germany. 1860 USA. Blanqui. Toynbee.

King Cotton. 1850s belief in southern US that cotton would guarantee success of independent Confederacy.

Kingsley, Charles. 1819-75. English didactic social novelist/clergyman. Alton Locke 1850. Water Babies 1863. Founded Christian Socialism.

Kitchener, Horatio, Earl of. 1850-1916. Commander-in-chief Boer War. British Secretary of War, WWI. Symbol of will to victory.

Lodge, Henry Cabot. 1850-1924. US isolationist senator, blocked US entry to League of Nations.

Louis-Philippe. 1773-1850. French King 1830-48. 1790 Jacobin liberal who became absolutist monarch. Supported by bourgeoisie, defeated by workers in Revolt.

Masaryk, Thomas. 1850-1937. Founder, first President of Czechoslovakia, 1918-35.

Maupassant, Guy de. 1850-93. French short story writer: Boule de Suif 1880.

Millais, John. 1829-1896. British Pre-Raphaelite painter. Christ in the House of His Parents 1850.

Millet, Jean-François. 1814-75. French painter of peasants. Sower 1850. Gleaners 1857.

Oehlenschläger, Adam. 1779-1850. Danish Romantic poet.

Olmütz, Treaty. 1850. Restored German Confederation under Austria.

Peel, Robert. 1788-1850. English Prime Minister 1834~46. London police force 1829. Income Tax 1842. Founded Conservative Party. Bank Charter Act. Repealed Corn Laws 1846.

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