17th January » The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the South African Republic or Transvaal.
3rd February » Justo José de Urquiza defeats Juan Manuel de Rosas at the Battle of Caseros.
5th February » The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
16th February » Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
1st March » Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
1st May » The Philippine peso is introduced into circulation.
29th May » Jenny Lind leaves New York after her Jenny Lind tour of America, 1850–52 known as two-year American tour.
3rd August » Harvard University wins the first Harvard–Yale Regatta e.g Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
21st August » Tlingit people e.g Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
11th September » The State of Buenos Aires secedes from the Federales (Argentina) named Argentine Federal government, rejoining on September 17, 1861. Several places are named 'Once de Septiembre' after this event.
24th September » The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels convert 17 mi km from Paris to Trappes.
4th November » Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont (Italy) named Piedmont-Kingdom of Sardinia named Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
16th November » The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
2nd December » Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.
Famous Birthdays in 1852
1st January » Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904)
8th January » James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931)
11th January » Constantin Fehrenbach, German politician, 4th List of Chancellors of Germany Weimar Republic (Reichskanzler) (1919–1933) named Chancellor of Weimar Germany (d. 1926)
26th January » Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (d. 1905)
30th January » Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian playwright and poet (d. 1912)
5th February » Terauchi Masatake, Japanese field marshal and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1919)
6th February » C. Lloyd Morgan, English zoologist and psychologist (d. 1936)
6th February » Vasily Safonov, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1918)
23rd February » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1883)
24th February » George Moore (novelist) known as George Moore, Irish-English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
26th February » John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes (d. 1943)
29th February » Frank Gavan Duffy, Australian judge, 4th Chief Justice of Australia (d. 1936)
29th February » George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, Russian son of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819–1876) known as Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1912)
1st March » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France) known as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France(d. 1923)
10th March » Léon Moreaux, French target shooter (d. 1921)
15th March » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Irish playwright (d. 1932)
20th March » Frank MacKey, American polo player (d. 1927)
22nd March » Otakar Ševčík, Czech violinist and educator (d. 1934)
27th March » Jim Connell, Irish journalist and activist (d. 1929)
12th April » Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician (d. 1939)
13th April » Frank Winfield Woolworth, American businessman, founded the F.W. Woolworth Company (d. 1919)
17th April » Cap Anson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1922)
22nd April » William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1912)
11th November » Count Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1925)
15th November » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (d. 1892)
21st November » Francisco Tárrega, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1909)
14th December » Daniel De Leon, Curaçaoan-American journalist and politician (d. 1914)
15th December » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1908)
19th December » Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-American physicist, chemist, and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
Famous Deaths in History for 1852
6th January » Louis Braille, French educator, invented braille (b. 1809)
20th January » Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Makuuchi Yokozuna known as Yokozuna (b. 1794)
25th January » Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1778)
25th February » Thomas Moore, Irish poet (b. 1779)
4th March » Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian author and playwright (b. 1809)
21st April » Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
24th April » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)
11th June » Karl Bryullov, Russian painter (b. 1799)
29th June » Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (b. 1777)
9th July » Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1794)
22nd July » Auguste de Marmont, French general (b. 1774)
15th August » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
4th September » William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
14th September » Augustus Pugin, English architect, designed Scarisbrick Hall (b. 1812)
14th September » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
15th September » Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, German-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1770)
20th September » Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (b. 1775)
22nd September » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge (b. 1783)
4th October » James Whitcomb, American politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (b. 1795)
11th October » Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician (b. 1823)
24th October » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
25th October » John C. Clark, American politician (b. 1793)
2nd November » Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
18th November » Rose Philippine Duchesne French-American nun and saint (b. 1769)
27th November » Ada Lovelace, English mathematician (b. 1815)
28th November » Ludger Duvernay, French journalist and politician (b. 1799)