Historedia
Person

Jenny Lind

Events
2
Episodes
5
Years
1848–1851

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Jenny Lind, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. March Unrest breaks out in Stockholm

    1848

    Role: Performer whose event the king was attending (unresolved identity)

    1. 2 March 1848 · StockholmNews of French Revolution

      News of the French Revolution reached Stockholm on 2 March 1848, sparking unrest.

    2. 18 March 1848 · StockholmProclamations and Demands

      Police encountered proclamations demanding reforms, including suffrage, on 18 March.

    3. unknown · StorkyrkobrinkenKing Oscar's Response

      King Oscar I met protesters at Storkyrkobrinken, leading to the crowd's dissolution.

  2. India's first freight train operates at Roorkee

    1851

    Role: Steam engine, shipped from England, that pulled the freight train (artifact — locomotive, not a person)

    1. 1851 · RoorkeeFreight Train Operation on Solani Aqueduct Railway

      Proby Cautley's temporary railway line at Roorkee was used to transport construction materials for the Solani Aqueduct, part of the Ganges Canal project.

    2. 22 December 1851 (reported) · RoorkeeJenny Lind Pulls Freight Train at Roorkee

      The steam engine Jenny Lind pulled a freight train between Roorkee and Piran Kaliyar, reported as running on 22 December 1851, one dating of a variously dated event.

Sources

  1. March Unrest Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
  2. Roorkee Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25