Timeline April 1850

Events in April 1850 3

• 1761 – 1850 Marie Tussaud (1761-1850) Died 16 April 1850, aged 88 Tussaud learned wax modelling in Paris, making death masks of guillotined figures during the French Revolution. She later toured her wax exhibition around Britain before settling it permanently on Baker Street in London in 1835, the foundation of the Madame Tussauds museum chain. She continued working on new figures until shortly before her death.
• 1770 – 1850 William Wordsworth (1770-1850) Died 23 April 1850, aged 80 Wordsworth was a founder of English Romanticism and served as Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death. His autobiographical poem The Prelude was published posthumously the same year. He had been the dominant figure in British poetry for over three decades.
• 1850 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty signed United States and Britain agree to share control of a future Central American canal The treaty committed both powers to neither fortify nor exclusively control any canal built across the Central American isthmus. It eased Anglo-American rivalry in the region. It remained in force until the 1901 Hay-Pauncefote Treaty paved the way for sole US control of the Panama Canal.