March 18
March 18
Wells and Fargo start shipping and banking company
On March 18, 1852, in New York City, Henry Wells and William G. Fargo join with several other investors to launch their namesake business, today one of the world’s largest…
A Year In History: 1852
This Year in History:
1852
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
March 20
March 20
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is published
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti‑slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, is published. The novel sold 300,000 copies within three months and was so widely read that when President Abraham Lincoln met Stowe…
May 1
May 1
Adventurer and performer Calamity Jane is born
On May 1, 1856, the adventurer and performer Calamity Jane is born near Princeton, Missouri. The myths and fabrications concerning the life of Calamity Jane are so numerous it is…
November 11
November 11
Louisa May Alcott publishes her first story
The Saturday Evening Gazette publishes “The Rival Painters: A Story of Rome,” by Louisa May Alcott, who will later write the beloved children’s book Little Women (1868). Alcott, the second…
