* Ada Lovelace ( 1815 – 1852 ), the first computer programmer

* 1777 – Henry Clay, American statesman ( d. 1852 )

* 1852 – Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician ( d. 1939 )

Mackenzie married Helen Neil ( 1826 – 1852 ) in 1845 and with her had three children, with only one girl surviving infancy.

* 1852 – Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard.

Gaudi, 1852 – 1926, Antoni Gaudi i Cornet-A Life Devoted to Architecture.

* 1823 – Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician ( d. 1852 )

* 1852 – Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.

* 1783 – William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge ( d. 1852 )

* 1852 – Arnold Toynbee, English economist and historian ( d. 1883 )

* 1852 – Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia ( d. 1913 )

* 1852 – At a general conference of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young explains the Adam – God doctrine, an important part of the theology of Mormon fundamentalism.

* 1852 – Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1911 )

* 1852 – Cap Anson, American baseball player ( d. 1922 )

* Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ( 1769 – 1852 ), Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman

* 1778 – Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian educator and nationalist ( d. 1852 )

* Calamity Jane Martha Jane Canary ( May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903 ), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, and professional scout best known for her claim of being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok.

Emil Sioli ( 1852 – 1922 ) was the dean of the asylum.

Later in the century, Charles Villiers Stanford ( 1852 – 1924 ) used symphonic techniques to produce a more concise and unified structure.

* 1852 – Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet ( b. 1783 )

* Platine War ( 1851 – 1852 ): The Brazilian Empire and its allies went to war against the dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas of the Argentine Confederation.

The Earl of Derby, Prime Minister 1852, 1858 – 59, 1866 – 68

* 1787 – Ivan Nabokov, Russian general ( d. 1852 )

* March 11 – Ivan Nabokov, Russian General ( d. 1852 )

A Sportsman's Sketches (; also known as The Hunting Sketches and Sketches from a Hunter's Album ) was an 1852 collection of short stories by Ivan Turgenev.

In 1852, Ivan Turgenev published A Sportsman's Sketches.

His grand father Ivan ( 1804 – 1887 ) also served as a marshal for the Pryliuky uyezd ( 1844 – 1847 ) and Poltava Governorate ( 1847 – 1852 ) zemstvas.

* 1852 – George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, Russian nobleman ( d. 1912 )

* 1852 – Vasily Safonov, Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer ( d. 1918 )

* 1783 – Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet ( d. 1852 )

* Micah Joseph Lebensohn ( 1828 – 1852 ), Russian poet

* 1852 – Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, Russian writer ( b. 1809 )

* March 31 – Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer ( d. 1852 )

Later in 1852, a Russian military expedition under Muravyov explored the Amur, and by 1857 a chain of Russian Cossacks and peasants were settled along the whole course of the river.

A monument was constructed in 1852 to the Russian general Skariatin, who died in the battle.

In the 19th century, long after the demise of the other branches, the family claimed name and title of Counts Báthory, since their ancestor Michael had never consented to the sale conducted by his brothers, and in 1852 the Russian government confirmed the legitimacy of their claims.

By 1852, he had become a leading figure in Saint Petersburg's musical life, performing as a soloist and collaborating with some of the outstanding instrumentalists and vocalists who came to the Russian capital.

** Nikolai Gogol, Russian dramatist, novelist and short story writer ( died 1852 )

In 1852 he composed Kung Karls jakt ( The Hunt of King Charles ) which was the first Finnish opera, with a libretto in the style of Romantic nationalism, like the national anthem designed to convince Finland's grand duke ( i. e. the Russian Emperor Nicholas I ) of the total loyalty of his subjects in Finland.

Coat of arms of Kanev under the Russian Empire ( 1852 ).

Matvey Matveyevich Gusev () ( in Vyatka, Russia – in Berlin, Germany ) was a Russian astronomer who worked at Pulkovo Observatory near St. Petersburg from 1850 to 1852 and then at Vilnius Observatory ( which he established at the University of Vilnius ) thereafter.

Childhood (, Detstvo ) is the first published novel by Leo Tolstoy, released under the initials L. N. in the November 1852 issue of the popular Russian literary journal The Contemporary.

Between 1852 and 1889, he was also a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and became an academician in 1856.

Chart 1378 in 1847, and " G Fayerveder " by Captain Tebenkov ( 1852, map 7 ), Imperial Russian Navy.

* T. p. incei ( Gould, 1852 ) breeds in eastern, northeastern and central China, in the Russian Far East and in the north of Korea ; populations occurring in Southeast Asia are non-breeding.

* Karl Briullov ( 1799 – 1852 ), Russian painter

For this precise reason, Russian authorities disbanded the provincial school in 1852.