Charles Dickens Timeline: 1851.

Charles Dickens Timeline: 1851.The Circumlocution Office2023-03-13T23:14:11+00:00

1851

February.

Dickens turns 39.

Charles Dickens’s 39th birthday was on 7 February 1851.

May — October.

Great Exhibition.

The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations is held at the Crystal Palace in London’s Hyde Park. Millions of visitors came to see a celebration of invention, science and arts from around the world.

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1852 Giffard dirigible flies. In France, the first powered and steerable airship proves its ability when it flies from the hippodrome at Place de l'Etoile in Paris to Élancourt, covering a distance of 27 km (17 miles) in around 3 hours. The airship, which was built and piloted by engineer Henri Giffard, did not have sufficient power to make the return journey.

1869 Black Friday. In the United States, gold prices plummet after President Ulysses Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities after two investors, Jay Gould and James Fisk, attempted to control the market. Gould and Fisk had befriended Abel Corbin, brother-in-law of the president, attempting to influence regular government gold sales to pay off the national debt.

1841 The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.

1846 Battle of Monterrey. During the Mexican–American War (1846-1848), a mix of United States forces under the command of General Zachary Taylor capture the northern Mexican city of Monterrey after defeating Mexican forces under General Pedro de Ampudia in a battle lasting four days.