page_title: 1850
section_title: January–February
hierarchical_section_title: 1850 / Births / January–February
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Photographie der russischen Mathematikerin Sofja Wassiljewna Kowalewskaja. Das Foto entstand kurz nach 1880 und stammt vermutlich aus der Sammlung des Mittag-Leffler-Instituts der Schwedischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Stockholm. Siehe auch: Cordula Tollmien: Fürstin der Wissenschaft. Die lebensgeschichte der Sofja Kowalewskaja. Beltz &#38; Gelberg, 1995. S.112, 191.
context_page_description: 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1850th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 850th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1850s decade. As of the start of 1850, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: January 1 – John Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger, U.S. Marshal (d. 1913)
  January 6
  Eduard Bernstein, German social democratic theoretician, politician (d. 1932)
  Xaver Scharwenka, Polish-German composer (d. 1924)
  January 10 – John Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891)
  January 11 – Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (d. 1917)
  January 14 – Pierre Loti, French sailor, writer (d. 1923)
  January 15
  Mihai Eminescu, Romanian romantic poet (d. 1889)
  Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1891)
  January 18 – Seth Low, American educator (d. 1916)
  January 19 – Augustine Birrell, English author, politician (d. 1933)
  January 24
  Hermann Ebbinghaus, German psychologist (d. 1909)
  Mary Noailles Murfree, American novelist (d. 1922)
  January 27
  John Collier, British writer, painter (d. 1934)
  Edward Smith, British captain of the Titanic (d. 1912)
  Samuel Gompers, American labor union leader (d. 1924)
  January 29
  Sir Ebenezer Howard, British urban planner (d. 1928)
  Lawrence Hargrave, Australian engineer (d. 1915)
  February 6 – Elizabeth Williams Champney, American author (d. 1922)
  February 8 – Kate Chopin, American writer (d. 1904)
  February 10 – Alexander von Linsingen, German general (d. 1935)
  February 12 – William Morris Davis, American geographer (d. 1934)
  February 14 – Kiyoura Keigo, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1942)
  February 15 – Albert B. Cummins, American lawyer and politician (d. 1926)
  February 17 – Alf Morgans, 4th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1933)
  February 18 – Sir George Henschel, English musician (d. 1934)
  February 23 – César Ritz, Swiss hotelier (d. 1918)
  February 27
  Henry E. Huntington, American railroad pioneer, art collector (d. 1927)
  Laura E. Richards, American author (d. 1943)
caption: Sofia Kovalevskaya
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