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Historical Events in November 1850

  • Nov 6 1st Hawaiian fire engine
  • Nov 6 Yerba Buena & Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use

Tennyson Poet Laureate

Nov 19 Alfred Tennyson becomes British Poet Laureate, succeeding William Wordsworth

  • Nov 29 The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, taking over the leadership of German Confederation