Timeline February 1851

Events in February 1851 3

• 1797 – 1851 Mary Shelley English novelist Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, a foundational science fiction and Gothic novel exploring creation and responsibility.
• 1804 – 1851 Carl Gustav Jacobi (1804-1851) Died 18 February 1851, aged 46 Carl Gustav Jacobi was a German mathematician who made fundamental contributions to elliptic functions, differential equations, and number theory. The Jacobian determinant is named after him.
• 1851 Australian gold rush begins Edward Hargraves announces a payable gold find near Bathurst On 12 February 1851, prospector Edward Hargraves announced his discovery of payable gold near Bathurst, New South Wales. The find triggered a gold rush that transformed Australia's population and economy.