Timeline March 1852

Events in March 1852 3

• 1809 – 1852 Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) Died 4 March 1852, aged 42 Nikolai Gogol was a Russian novelist and playwright whose works, including Dead Souls and The Government Inspector, shaped Russian realist literature. He died in Moscow shortly after burning the manuscript of the unfinished second part of Dead Souls.
• 1852 Wells Fargo & Company founded Banking and express firm launches to serve the California Gold Rush Henry Wells and William Fargo founded Wells Fargo & Company to provide banking and express delivery services across the American West. The firm became a dominant stagecoach express and financial institution during the Gold Rush era.
• 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin published Harriet Beecher Stowe's antislavery novel appears in book form Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, previously serialized, was published as a book and became a bestseller in the United States and Britain. Its depiction of slavery intensified sectional tensions ahead of the American Civil War.