What Happened in 1850 — Events, Births & Deaths

Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.

Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah.

Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.

The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina.

Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway.

Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.

U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President Millard Fillmore.

Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.

Vega becomes the first star (other than the Sun) to be photographed.

Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.

The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.

The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.