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Active was a ketch that was launched in 1850 and that wrecked at the entrance of the Hunter River in New South Wales on 18 February 1852. "Shipwrecks of
Active_(1850)
British scientific and optical instrument manufacturer
Negretti and Zambra (active 1850 – c. 1985) was a company that produced scientific and optical instruments and also operated a photographic studio based
Negretti_and_Zambra
Dutch psychedelic rock band
Groep 1850 (also known as Group 1850) was a Dutch psychedelic rock band that was founded in 1964 in The Hague. The band, despite never achieving success
Group_1850
Chinese army during the Taiping Rebellion
militia forces called tuanlian to contain the Taiping Rebellion in Qing China (1850 to 1864). The name is taken from the Hunan region where the Army was raised
Xiang_Army
Wooden Ketch ship built in 1850
Aeolus was a wooden ketch built in 1850 at Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia. She was carrying timber to Sydney, New South Wales, when she was lost at
Aeolus_(1850)
Sidewheel steam frigate
York Navy Yard in 1847. She was launched on 5 April 1850 and was commissioned on 24 December 1850, Captain John H. Aulick in command. After completing
USS_Susquehanna_(1850)
Ship lost at sea in 1816
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Whale_(ship)
President of the United States from 1850 to 1853
March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853. He was the last president to be a member of the Whig Party while
Millard_Fillmore
Defunct private college in Fayetteville, Arkansas
arts college in Fayetteville, Arkansas, founded by Elder Robert Graham in 1850. Affiliated with the Christian Church, it closed at the outbreak of the Civil
Arkansas College (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
Arkansas_College_(Fayetteville,_Arkansas)
California outlaw gang (1850–1853)
Botellier, and Joaquin Carrillo, and their banded associates." Operating between 1850 and 1853, during the California gold rush, the gang, joined by Murrieta's
Five_Joaquins_Gang
Ship that disappeared in the Tasman Sea in 1810
Active was the French ship Alsace that the Royal Navy captured in 1803. William Bennett purchased her and named her Active, in place of a previous Active
Active_(1804_ship)
MW Motors (2010–present) Praga (1907–present) Škoda (1895–present) Tatra (1850–present) Aero (1929–1947) Aspa (1924–1925) Gatter (1926–1937) LIAZ (1951–2002)
List_of_car_brands
1808 ship wrecked in Australia
went back into the surf to rescue him. Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 p45 v
Dundee_(ship)
1847 novel by Emily Brontë
Charlotte edited a second edition of Wuthering Heights, which was published in 1850. Though contemporaneous reviews were polarised, Wuthering Heights has come
Wuthering_Heights
List of ships with the same or similar names
at Tasmania. Active (1850) was a ketch that was wrecked at the entrance of the Hunter River in New South Wales on 18 February 1852. Active (1877) was a
Active_(ship)
Schooner
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Ada_and_Ethel
President of the United States from 1849 to 1850
(November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was the 12th president of the United States, serving from 1849 until his death in 1850. Before his presidency, Taylor
Zachary_Taylor
Active was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast Survey, a predecessor of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, from 1852 to 1861
USCS_Active
Super star cluster in the constellation Dorado
NGC 1850 is a double cluster and a super star cluster in the Dorado constellation, located in the northwest part of the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud
NGC_1850
Annual state fair
Fair's highest 12-day attendance on record. From the first three-day Fair in 1850 in Cincinnati to the 12-day exposition of today (from 1981 to 2003, the Fair
Ohio_State_Fair
College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1850–1970)
Founded in 1850, The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP), formally known as The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, was the first American
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Woman's_Medical_College_of_Pennsylvania
Ship wrecked in Australia in 1817
and wrecked. Bateson (1972), p. 57. Bateson, Charles (1972). Australian Shipwrecks - vol 1 1622-1850. Sydney: AH and AW Reed. ISBN 0-589-07112-2. v t e
Hope_(1802_ship)
Australian merchant ship wrecked in 1898
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Active_(1877)
Australian ship
wrecked en route to or from Australia, and some strandings. Vol. 1 1622-1850. A. H. & A. W. Reed. ISBN 978-0-589-07112-7. Clune, Frank (1969). The Scottish
Martha_(1799_ship)
Wooden ketch
Oceans Enterprises, Yarram, Victoria. Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2, Call
Ada_(1897_shipwreck)
Australian sloop wrecked in 1809
and a passenger, Mary Kirk — drowned. Australian Shipwrecks - vol 1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 p45 "Ship
Argument_(ship)
English painter
John Lee (active 1850–1870) was a British Victorian painter in a loosely Pre-Raphaelite style. He was part of a group of Merseyside artists from the period
John_Lee_(artist)
German painter
Karl Friedrich Junker (30 August 1850 – 24 or 25 January 1912) was a German painter, sculptor and architect active in Lemgo and Lippe. Karl Junker attended
Karl_Junker
Austro-Hungarian sail frigate
Venetian revolutionaries in 1848, finally launched with the name Novara in 1850, and converted to a steam cruiser during 1861–1865. The name Novara originated
SMS_Novara_(1850)
were saved but no cargo was salvageable. Australian Shipwrecks - vol 1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 p44 v
Contest_(1804_ship)
Private university in Urbana, Ohio, US (1850–2020)
was a branch campus of that university. Urbana University was founded in 1850 as Urbana College by followers of the 18th-century Swedish philosopher and
Urbana_University
Schooner launched in Hobart, Tasmania in 1830
100 years due to confusion with a similarly named ship. On 16 September 1850 a ship called Enterprise was caught by a strong southerly wind and embedded
Enterprize_(1830_ship)
Ship
by Mehaffy & Company. She cost $785,000. She was launched on 14 February 1850 by the Norfolk Navy Yard and commissioned on 2 September 1852, Captain William
USS_Powhatan_(1850)
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Agnes_(cutter)
French painter
(April 20, 1850 – February 11, 1924) was a French realist painter, sculptor, and printmaker who exhibited with the Impressionists. He was also active as an
Jean-François_Raffaëlli
German-born Australian chemist and botanist
Felix Maximilian Reader (1850–1911) was a German-born Australian chemist and amateur botanist. Born in Berlin, he trained as a chemist before emigrating
Felix_Reader
19th/20th-century American actor
University of Pennsylvania with an A.B. in 1847 and later a master's degree in 1850. Despite resistance from his family, Vezin was determined to work as an actor
Hermann_Vezin
Military unit
regiment of the New York State Militia and then the Army National Guard from 1850 to 1993. The regiment was not renumbered during the early 1920s Army reorganization
71st New York Infantry Regiment
71st_New_York_Infantry_Regiment
December 1815. Retrieved 9 August 2017. Australian Shipwrecks - vol 1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 p52 v
Amelia_(1816_ship)
Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
until it was discontinued in 1906. According to the census returns from 1850-2010 for Alabama, it has never reported a population figure separately on
Active,_Alabama
Major rebellion in China (1850–1864)
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The conflict lasted 14 years, from its outbreak in 1850 until the fall of Taiping-controlled Nanjing — which had been renamed to
Taiping_Rebellion
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Advance_(1903)
Gunboat of the United States Navy
long tons (1,281 t) wooden side-wheel steamer, built at New York City in 1850 and operated thereafter in commercial service in the western Atlantic. The
USS_Alabama_(1850)
American book publisher
American book publisher active from 1850 until 1985, and located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Bobbs-Merrill Company began 3 October 1850 when Samuel Merrill
Bobbs-Merrill_Company
graveyard#Australia "The Sydney Morning Herald 11 November 1850". Sydney Morning Herald. 11 November 1850. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved
List of shipwrecks of Australia
List_of_shipwrecks_of_Australia
Austro-Hungarian historical and travel author
1848 to London, England was written down in diary form and published in 1850 as the highly acclaimed book Memoirs of a Hungarian Lady. She and her husband
Theresa_Pulszky
Most populous city in California, U.S.
United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1850, five months before California achieved statehood. The discovery of oil in
Los_Angeles
split over slavery into regional organizations of the North and South. By 1850, the newly rich, cotton-growing South threatened to secede from the Union
Slavery_in_the_United_States
Era of Australian history
The history of Australia from 1788 to 1850 covers the early British colonial period of Australia's history. This started with the arrival in 1788 of the
History of Australia (1788–1850)
History_of_Australia_(1788–1850)
English cricketer
John Haywood Oxley (16 February 1850 – 4 July 1917) was an English first-class cricketer active 1882–83 who played for Middlesex. He was born in Kimberworth
John_Oxley_(cricketer)
British ship (built 1793)
31 March 1805, p.3. Retrieved 3 January 2012. Bateson, Charles (1982), Australian shipwrecks, Vol One, 1622-1850, Sydney, Reed, p.38-9. ISBN 0589071122
Francis_(1793)
1820–1850) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi. She was active from about 1820. Active
Te_Rohu
Gyrowetz (1763–1850) Jakub Jan Ryba (1765–1815) Antonín Reicha (1770–1836) Wenzel Thomas Matiegka (1773–1830) Václav Jan Tomášek (1774–1850) František Doubravský
List_of_Czech_composers
Country in Northwestern Europe
industrial crisis of 1845–1850 in Flanders". When the potato failed. Causes and effects of the 'last' European subsistance crisis, 1845–1850. Brepols. pp. 123–148
Belgium
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
French: [ɔnɔʁe d(ə) balzak]; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine
Honoré_de_Balzac
Miner involved in the Eureka Rebellion
his own accord. In late 1850, Thonen travelled to England from Ostend, Belgium, arriving at the Port of Dover on 10 December 1850. Shortly after arrival
Edward_Thonen
Gold rush from 1848 to 1855
increase allowed California to grow rapidly into statehood in the Compromise of 1850. The gold rush had severe effects on Native Californians and accelerated
California_gold_rush
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Acme_(1876)
Brothers was a piano manufacturing company in New York City that was active from 1850 until 1957 when it was sold to the Kohler & Campbell piano company
Hazelton_Brothers
Valerio Castello (1624–1659), 1 artwork: MI 863 (ID) Pierre de Castelnau (active 1850–1875), 2 artworks: RF 1957–5, INV 20020 (IDs) Giuseppe Castiglione (Jesuit)
Catalog of paintings in the Louvre Museum
Catalog_of_paintings_in_the_Louvre_Museum
City and county in California, US
Although the nickname "Frisco" has a local pedigree dating at least to 1850 and has been used by some local residents in every generation since then
San_Francisco
German philosopher and socialist (1820–1895)
including in armed combat, before being forced into exile in England. From 1850, he lived in Manchester and worked for the family firm of Ermen & Engels
Friedrich_Engels
Ocean liner that sank in 1875
SS Pacific was a wooden sidewheel steamer built in 1850 most notable for its sinking in 1875 as a result of a collision southwest of Cape Flattery, Washington
SS_Pacific_(1850)
Country in Southeast Asia and Oceania
the 19th century, well before the formation of independent Indonesia. In 1850, George Windsor Earl, an English ethnologist, proposed the terms Indunesians—and
Indonesia
1803 Australian ship
walked to Sydney, arriving on 1 May 1805. Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 p39 "View
Nancy_(1803_ship)
Species of bird
specimens were brought to Europe. John Gould very briefly described it in 1850 from the skin of a specimen collected on the upper White Nile by English
Shoebill
English privateer and autobiographer
8vo; 3rd ed. 1813. He died on 13 July 1827. Robinson Elsdale junior (1783–1850) was educated at Uppingham School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford; he
Robinson_Elsdale
Cosmological dualism in Chinese philosophy
in nature in a contrasting relationship to "yang", which is repelling, active, expansive and repulsive in principle. This dichotomy in some form is seen
Yin_and_yang
Artic Edward Ruscha (born 1937), 2 paintings : Artic Hesheli Rushan (active 1850–1899), 1 painting : Artic John Russell (painter) (1745–1806), 1 painting :
List of painters in the Art Institute of Chicago
List_of_painters_in_the_Art_Institute_of_Chicago
Ship
until she returned to San Francisco and was used as a bonded storeship until 1850. On 7 November 1856, the ship was wrecked in a gale on Oyster Bank, Newcastle
Eleanor_Lancaster_(ship)
American scout and bison hunter active in the Texas Panhandle
William Dixon (September 25, 1850 – March 9, 1913) was an American scout and bison hunter active in the Texas Panhandle. He helped found Adobe Walls,
Billy_Dixon
Highest court in the U.S. state of Virginia
function in this manner for more than half a century. The Reform Convention of 1850–51 again reorganized the judiciary by limiting the terms of the justices
Supreme_Court_of_Virginia
Former public university in Ireland (1850–1882)
University of Ireland was established formally by royal charter on 3 September 1850, as the degree-awarding university of the Queen's Colleges of Belfast, Cork
Queen's_University_of_Ireland
ongoing if sporadic use in public and adoption by secret societies between 1850 and 1910, but It was not until the Easter Rising of 1916, when it was raised
Flag_of_Ireland
1813 British ship transporting convicts to Australia
Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075. Bateson, Charles (1972). Australian Shipwrecks - vol 1 1622–1850. Sydney: AH and AW Reed. ISBN 0-589-07112-2.
Three_Bees
American political party (1833–1854)
1850 and was succeeded by Millard Fillmore. Fillmore, Clay, Daniel Webster, and Democrat Stephen A. Douglas led the passage of the Compromise of 1850
Whig_Party_(United_States)
English botanist
Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1 November 1850 – 14 March 1931) was an English botanist. Moore was born in Hampstead. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens
Spencer_Le_Marchant_Moore
Australian schooner launched 1805
Retrieved 23 December 2011. Charles Bateson (1972). Australian Shipwrecks – vol 1 1622–1850. Sydney: AH and AW Reed. p. 55. ISBN 0-589-07112-2. v t e
Governor_Hunter_(ship)
King of the French from 1830 to 1848
Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850), nicknamed the Citizen King, was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, the penultimate monarch of France
Louis_Philippe_I
German-American cellist and conductor
the revolutions of 1848 in Vienna, Bergmann came to the United States in 1850 as first cellist in the Germania Orchestra, a touring band of young German
Carl_Bergmann_(musician)
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Adelaide_(shipwrecked_1837)
Tugboat of the United States Navy
ships requiring her towing services. Mulford—a steam tugboat—was built in 1850 at Chicago, Illinois, and acquired by the War Department for use in the Mississippi
USS_Daisy_(1850)
German botanist (1788–1850)
Carl Sigismund Kunth (18 June 1788 – 22 March 1850) was a German botanist. He was also known as Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund
Carl_Sigismund_Kunth
President of the United States from 1857 to 1861
the Compromise of 1850, which had led to the admission of California into the Union as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Buchanan now rejected
James_Buchanan
German Emperor from 1871 to 1888
Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown, 16 May 1850; with Swords, 31 December 1870 Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White
Wilhelm_I
Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832
John Caldwell Calhoun (/kælˈhuːn/; March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president
John_C._Calhoun
African-American abolitionist (1822–1913)
later said she "never lost a passenger". After the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed, she helped guide escapees farther north into British North America
Harriet_Tubman
Early cricketers after foundation of MCC
CricketArchive citation, but: ONLY in respect of name, team, and years active; NOTHING statistical. Note #4: Unless specified as single wicket, a "match"
List of English cricketers (1787–1825)
List_of_English_cricketers_(1787–1825)
American philosopher (1803–1882)
an edition of the works and letters of Margaret Fuller, who had died in 1850. Within a week of her death, her New York editor, Horace Greeley, suggested
Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
Annunciation to the Shepherds, oil on canvas, ID: 1939.1.126 Leila T. Bauman (active 1850 or after), American : Geese in Flight, oil on canvas, ID: 1958.9.1 Gustave
List of painters in the National Gallery of Art
List_of_painters_in_the_National_Gallery_of_Art
list of shipwrecks in January 1850 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1850. "Shipping Intelligence". Caledonian
List of shipwrecks in January 1850
List_of_shipwrecks_in_January_1850
Ship in New South Wales between 1801 and 1804
(1972), p. 43. Bateson, Charles (1972). Australian Shipwrecks - vol 1 1622–1850. Sydney: AH and AW Reed. p. 61. ISBN 0589071122. Cumpston, J.S. (1964). Shipping
Bee_(sloop)
1857 U.S. Supreme Court case on the citizenship of African-Americans
continuances delayed the retrial in the St. Louis Circuit Court until January 12, 1850. Irene Emerson was now defended by Hugh A. Garland and Lyman Decatur Norris
Dred_Scott_v._Sandford
Company, Mud Springs 1850 El Dorado Expedition 2nd Company, Placerville 1850, El Dorado Expedition 3rd Company, Placerville 1850 El Dorado Expedition
List of California State Militia Units 1850–60
List_of_California_State_Militia_Units_1850–60
President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865
Brierfield's effective overseer, a position Pemberton held until his death around 1850. Davis continued his intellectual development by reading about politics,
Jefferson_Davis
American religious leader (1801–1877)
appointed Utah's first territorial governor by President Millard Fillmore in 1850. As governor, Young allowed polygamy, supported slavery and its expansion
Brigham_Young
Artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
medieval life. The consensus is that Romanticism peaked from 1800 until 1850. However, a "Late Romantic" period and "Neoromantic" revivals are also discussed
Romanticism
English cricketer
Charles Noble (9 February 1850 – 8 March 1927) was an English first-class cricketer active 1867–68 who played for Surrey. He was born in Kennington; died
Charles_Noble_(cricketer)
Italian patriot and general (1807–1882)
the United States. Garibaldi went to New York City, arriving on 30 July 1850. However, the funds for buying a ship were lacking. While in New York, he
Giuseppe_Garibaldi
British merchant navy officer (1850–1912)
Commander Edward John Smith RD RNR (27 January 1850 – 15 April 1912) was a British merchant sea captain and naval officer, who became best known as the
Edward_Smith_(sea_captain)
ACTIVE 1850
ACTIVE 1850
Boy/Male
Teutonic American English
Active.
Girl/Female
German
Active.
Girl/Female
Hindi
Active.
Male
English
Pet form of English Ace, ACIE means "number one."
Boy/Male
English
Active.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Active
Boy/Male
Polish
Active.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from the name of various places, derived from Old English clif, CLIVE means "bank, cliff, slope."
Boy/Male
English
Active.
Girl/Female
Greek
Active.
Girl/Female
German
Active.
Boy/Male
Indian
Active
Male
English
English pet form of Celtic Arthur, possibly ARTIE means "bear-man."Â
Boy/Male
English
Active.
Boy/Male
French American
Born eighth.
Girl/Female
Greek
Active.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, for example in Shropshire and Cheshire, named Clive, from the dative case of Old English clif ‘slope’, ‘bank’, ‘cliff’ (see Cliff), originally used after a preposition. In some cases the name may be topographical, with the same origin and meaning.
Girl/Female
Slavic
Active.
Girl/Female
German
Active.
Boy/Male
British, English, Indian, Russian
Work
ACTIVE 1850
ACTIVE 1850
Female
Persian/Iranian
Variant spelling of Persian Tahereh, TÃHIRIH means "the pure one."Â
Girl/Female
Welsh
White flower.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Conqueror of the world.
Boy/Male
Tamil
A famous sage, Son of Kashyap
Boy/Male
Tamil
Happy
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Straight
Girl/Female
African, Australian, Egyptian, Indonesian, Malaysian, Swahili
Lady; Noble Woman; Earth
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A tribune.
Boy/Male
German American Norse English
Hard ruler.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Sovereign. Monarch.
ACTIVE 1850
ACTIVE 1850
ACTIVE 1850
ACTIVE 1850
ACTIVE 1850
a.
Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.
a.
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
a.
Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
a.
Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
a.
Acting in concurrence; united in action.
a.
Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
adv.
In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively.
a.
Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
a.
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
n.
Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.
n.
Action.
adv.
In an active signification; as, a word used actively.
a.
Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
a.
Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in distinction from other forms which are optically active; as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.
a.
Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.
a.
Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
a.
Doing; active.
a.
Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.
a.
Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
v. t.
To make active.