What Happened in July 1852

Historical Events

Jul 3 Congress authorizes US's 2nd mint (San Francisco, California)

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

Jul 5 Frederick Douglass, fugitive slave, delivers his 'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?' speech to the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, condemns the celebration as hypocritical sham

Jul 9 Fire destroys 1,100 construction sites in Montreal, Canada
Jul 23 Private John Brown becomes the 1st interment in the National Cemetery at the Presidio in San Francisco, California
Jul 31 Hottest July in Netherlands since at least 1783 (68.4°F (20.2°C) avg)

Events in 1852

Famous Birthdays

Jul 5 Stefano Gobatti, Italian composer, born in Bergantino, Italy (d. 1913)
Jul 6 John Albert Delany, Australian composer, born in Ratcliff, London (d. 1907)
Jul 10 Alfred von Kiderlen-Wächter, German foreign minister, born in Stuttgart, Württemberg, Germany (d. 1912)

Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852-1933)

Jul 12 President of Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jul 13 George Bradley, American baseball pitcher (first no-hitter in MLB history 1876; NL ERA leader 1876), born in Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 1931)
Jul 20 Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer, and politician (Prime Minister, 1908-13; Council of State, 1913-18; Minister of Justice, 1918-25), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1932)
Jul 27 Edward Onslow Ford, English sculptor, born in Islington, London, England (d. 1901)

Born in 1852

Famous Deaths

Jul 5 Johann Baptist Weigl, German composer and clergyman, dies at 69
Jul 9 Thompson McKennan, American politician who served as the 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior, dies at 58
Jul 19 Anne François Mellinet, French-Belgian general (Antwerp), dies at 83
Jul 22 Auguste Marmont, French marshal, dies at 77