Jun 4 Empire Engine Company No. 1 organized, in San Francisco, California Jun 4 Self-deodorizing fertilizer patented in England Jun 14 Third great fire of early San Francisco, starts in a bakery chimney Jun 17 Paddle-wheeler "G P Griffith" burns off Mentor Ohio, 206 die Jun 29 Autocephaly Officially Granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to The Church of Greece. Robert Peel Falls Off His Horse Jun 29 British ex-Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel falls off his horse; dies three days later British Prime Minister Robert Peel May 1850 Historical Events by Year Jul 1850 Historical Figures Authors Civil Rights Activists Inventors Kings Revolutionaries Scientists