1851
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'''1851''' (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday. | '''1851''' (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday. | ||
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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
| + | *November 14 – '''Herman Melville's''' novel ''Moby-Dick; or The Whale'' is published in the U.S. by Harper & Brothers, New York, after being first published on October 18 in London by '''Richard Bentley''', in 3 volumes as ''The Whale''. | ||
| + | *December 2 – '''Louis Napoleon''', president of France, dissolves the French National Assembly and declares a new constitution to extend his term. Later he declares himself as '''Emperor Napoleon III''', ending the Second Republic. | ||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| + | *[[January 12]] - [[Elizabeth Mercy Williams]] (b. [[1850]]) | ||
*[[March 8]] - [[John Benjamin Williams]] (b. [[1817]]) | *[[March 8]] - [[John Benjamin Williams]] (b. [[1817]]) | ||
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