1850

May 18. The Santa Isabel Theater is inaugurated in Recife (PE).

August 8. French pianist Leon Soulié, who presented himself as a disciple of Chopin, performs Gottschalk's Le bananier and Chanson nègre (this being probably the first time Gottschalk's works were performed in Brazil). São Pedro de Alcântara Theater, Rio de Janeiro. September 9.

Leopoldo Miguéz is born in Niterói (RJ).