Year by year · 19th century

1852

1852 in world history: 11 events, 19 births, 15 deaths, 1 work, 5 states founded and 2 that came to an end. 1,062 recorded states existed that year.

Events

5 February
New Hermitage museum opens to the public in St Petersburg
Nicholas I opened the purpose-built New Hermitage to display the imperial art collections. The Hermitage is now one of the largest museums in the world.
20 March
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'
Stowe's novel of slavery sold some 300,000 copies in America in its first year and stirred anti-slavery feeling in the North. Lincoln is said to have greeted her as the author who started the war.
Treaty
Sand River Convention
The Sand River Convention was an agreement signed on 17 January 1852 between British commissioners and Boer leaders headed by Andries Pretorius.
Battle
Battle of Caseros
The Battle of Caseros was fought on 3 February 1852 near Buenos Aires between the army of Juan Manuel de Rosas and a coalition led by Justo José de Urquiza, governor of Entre Ríos, backed by Brazil and Uruguay.
Battle
Battle of Berea
The Battle of Berea was fought on 20 December 1852 on the Berea plateau in present-day Lesotho between British forces under Sir George Cathcart and the Basotho of Moshoeshoe I.

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In the profiles

Republic of NicaraguaManagua is chosen as a compromise capital between León and Granada
South African RepublicThe Sand River Convention recognises Boer independence north of the Vaal
Kingdom of TongaThe fall of Pea and Houma ends the civil wars on Tongatapu

Wars and longer events

Born in 1852 19

Died in 1852 15

Works 1

New Zealand Constitution Act 1852Work / monument

States founded 5

States that came to an end 2

Great speeches

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?Frederick Douglass

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