360What happened in 1851?
7 moments from 1851 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · 1 May 1851
The Great Exhibition opens in London's Crystal Palace
On 1 May 1851, the Great Exhibition opened in the Crystal Palace in London's Hyde Park. The huge glass and iron hall held more than 100,000 exhibits from around the world, from steam engines to diamonds. About six million visitors came, and it inspired the world's fairs and expos that followed, including Expo 2030 in Riyadh.
- On this day · 1 May 1851
The Great Exhibition opens in London
On 1 May 1851, the Great Exhibition opened in the Crystal Palace, a vast building of iron and glass in London's Hyde Park. More than 100,000 exhibits from around the world showed off new machines, inventions and crafts. About six million visitors came, and it inspired world's fairs and expos ever since.
- On this day · 18 September 1851
The New York Times is first published
On 18 September 1851, the first issue of the New-York Daily Times was published, priced at one cent. Its founders promised a serious, fair newspaper. Now The New York Times, it has won more Pulitzer Prizes than any other news organisation.
- 1 May 1851 · from The Great Exhibition opens in London's Crystal Palace
The exhibition opens
- October 1851 · from The Great Exhibition opens in London's Crystal Palace
It closes after about six million visits
- 1851 · from The 1850s: the Great Exhibition and the origin of species
Great Exhibition in London
- 1851 · from Laennec invents the stethoscope
The two-earpiece stethoscope is developed