What is 1851?
{{Year nav|1851}} {{Year in various calendars|1851}} {{Year article header|1851}} == Events == * [[January 23]] – The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in [[Oregon]] is named after [[Boston, Massachusetts]], or [[Portland, Maine]], with [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] winning. * [[March 1]] – [[Victor Hugo]] gives speech at the [[France|French]] national assembly and uses the phrase [[United States of Europe]] several times * [[March 27]] – First reported case of white men seeing [[Yosemite Valley]]. * [[March 30]] – A population [[census]] was taken of all people living in the [[United Kingdom]]. * [[May 1]] – The ''[[Great Exhibition]] of the Works of Industry of All Nations'' in [[the Crystal Palace]], [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]], [[London]] is opened by [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]]. It runs until [[October 18]]. * [[May 15]] – [[Ramai IV of Thailand|Rama IV]] is crowed King of [[Thailand]]. * July – [[Immortal game|The immortal game]], a famous [[chess]] game, is played. * [[July 1]] – Colony of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] separates from [[New South Wales]]. * [[July 29]] – [[Annibale de Gasparis]], in [[Naples]], [[Italy]] discovers asteroid [[15 Eunomia]]. * [[August 22]] – The yacht ''America'' wins the first [[America's Cup]] [[Racing|race]] (see [[Yachting]]). * [[October 18]] – The Great Exhibition in London is closed. * [[November 13]] – The [[Denny Party]] lands at [[Alki, Seattle, Washington|Alki Point]], the first settlers of what will become [[Seattle, Washington]]. * [[December 2]] – Louis Napoleon, president of France, dissolves [[French National Assembly]] and declares a new constitution to extend his term. Later he declares himself as an emperor [[Napoleon III]]. End of the [[Second Republic]]. * [[December 24]] – The [[Library of Congress]] burns. * [[December 29]] – The first [[YMCA]] opens, in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. == Births == * [[January 17]] – [[A. B. Frost]], American illustrator (d. [[1928]]) * [[January 19]] – [[Jacobus Kapteyn]], Dutch as