What is 1852?
{{Year nav|1852}} {{Year in various calendars|1852}} {{Year article header|1852}} == Events == [[File:1852 Colton's Map of the World on Mercator's Projection ( Pocket Map ) - Geographicus - World-colton-1852.jpg|right|thumb|The world in 1852]] === January&ndash;March === * [[January 14]] &ndash; President [[Napoleon III of France|Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte]] makes a new constitution for the French Second Republic. * [[January 15]] &ndash; Nine men from various [[Hebrews|Hebrew]] [[charitable organization]]s come together to form what will become the [[Mount Sinai Hospital, New York|Mount Sinai Hospital]] in [[New York City]]. * [[January 17]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom]] recognizes the independence of the [[South African Republic|Transvaal]]. * [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Battle of Caseros]] or [[Battle of Monte Caseros]], [[Argentina]] * [[February 11]] &ndash; The first [[United Kingdom|British]] public toilet for women opens in Bedford Street, [[London]]. * [[February 15]] &ndash; The [[Great Ormond Street Hospital|Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children]], [[London]], admits its first patient. * [[February 16]] &ndash; The [[Studebaker]] Brothers Wagon Company is started. * [[February 19]] &ndash; The [[Phi Kappa Psi]] Fraternity is founded at [[Washington and Jefferson College|Jefferson College]] in [[Canonsburg, Pennsylvania]]. * [[February 25]] &ndash; The ''[[HMS Birkenhead (1845)|HMS Birkenhead]]'' sinks near [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]. Only 193 of the 643 on board survive. * [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton]] is made [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]]. * [[March 2]] &ndash; The first [[United States|American]] steam [[fire engine]] was tested.<ref>{{cite book|first=William T.|last=King|title=History of the American Steam Fire-Engine|url=https://archive.org/details/historyamerican00kinggoog|year=1896|publisher=Pinkham Press }}</ref> * [[March 4]] &ndash; [[Phi Mu]] Sorority is founded in Macon Georgia * [[March 20]] &ndash; ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' by [[