Editing 1850 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 1]] &ndash; The [[University of Sydney]] (the oldest in Australia) is founded.
* [[October 19]] &ndash; The [[Phi Kappa Sigma]] international fraternity is founded, at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].
* [[October 28]] &ndash; Delegate [[Edward Ralph May]] delivers a speech on behalf of African-American suffrage, to the [[Indiana]] Constitutional Convention.
* [[November]]
** [[Taiping Rebellion]]: The first clashes of the Taiping Rebellion occur, between the [[Qing dynasty|Imperialist]] militia and the Heavenly Army.
** Undergraduates at [[Exeter College, Oxford]] arrange a "foot grind" (a cross-country steeplechase), the first organised university athletic event.<ref>{{cite book|first=Montague|last=Shearman|title=Athletics and Football|url=https://archive.org/details/athleticsandfoo00sheagoog|location=London|publisher=Longman|year=1887}}</ref>
* [[November 29]] &ndash; The treaty known as the [[Punctation of Olmütz]] is signed in [[Olomouc]]. It means diplomatic capitulation of [[Prussia]] to the [[Austrian Empire]], which takes over the leadership of the [[German Confederation]].
* [[December 16]] &ndash; Members of the [[Canterbury Association]], the first settlers bound for [[Christchurch]], arrive from England at the port of [[Lyttelton, New Zealand]], aboard the ''[[Charlotte Jane]]'' and ''[[Randolph (ship)|Randolph]]''.