Explore 567 historical events from 1790–1799.
Nicholas I was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1825 to 1855. He was the third son of Paul I and younger brother of his predecessor, Alexander I. N…
Nicholas I of Russia (died 1855)
The Battle of Bassano was fought on 8 September 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars, in the territory of the Republic of Venice, between a French army under Napoleon Bonapar…
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
Thomas Bulfinch was an American author born in Newton, Massachusetts, known best for Bulfinch's Mythology, a posthumous combination of his three volumes of mythologies.
Thomas Bulfinch, American mythologist (died 1867)
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, or simply Camille Corot, was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching. A pivotal figure in landscape painting, his va…
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and etcher (died 1875)
Immanuel Hermann Fichte was a German philosopher and son of Johann Gottlieb Fichte. In his philosophy, he was a theist and strongly opposed to the Hegelian school.
Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (died 1879)
Franz Adolf Berwald was a Swedish Romantic composer and violinist. He made his living as an orthopedist and later as the manager of a saw mill and glass factory, and became more ap…
Franz Berwald, Swedish surgeon and composer (died 1868)
George Catlin was an American lawyer, painter, author, and traveler, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the American frontier. Traveling to the American West five …
George Catlin, American painter, author, and traveler (died 1872)
Ignaz Bösendorfer was an Austrian musician and piano manufacturer, who in 1828 founded the Bösendorfer company in Vienna-Josefstadt.
Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian businessman, founded the Bösendorfer Company (died 1859)
Jean-Gaspard Deburau, sometimes erroneously called Debureau, was a Czech-French mime. He performed from 1816 to the year of his death at the Théâtre des Funambules, which was immor…
Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Czech-French actor and mime (died 1846)
James Lick was an American real estate investor, carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences. The wealthiest man in California at the time of his death, Lick l…
James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder (died 1876)
Hartley Coleridge, possibly David Hartley Coleridge, was an English poet, biographer, essayist, and teacher. He was the eldest son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. His sister S…
Hartley Coleridge, English poet and author (died 1849)
Antoine-Louis Barye was a Romantic French sculptor known for his work as an animalier, a sculptor of animals. His son and student was the sculptor Alfred Barye.
Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor and educator (died 1875)
Walter Hunt was an American mechanical engineer. Through the course of his work he became known for being a prolific inventor. He first became involved with mechanical innovations …
Walter Hunt, inventor of the safety pin and other things (died 1859)
Joseph Bonomi the Younger was an English sculptor, artist, Egyptologist and museum curator.
Joseph Bonomi the Younger, British Egyptologist and sculptor (died 1878)
Stefano Franscini was a Swiss politician and statistician. He was one of the initial members of the Swiss Federal Council elected in 1848 and Switzerland's first native Italian spe…
Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician (died 1857)
Johan Carl Wilcke was a Swedish physicist.
Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (born 1732)
Johann Peter Uz was a German poet.
Johann Uz, German poet and author (born 1720)
Baron Carl Fredrik Pechlin was a Swedish politician and demagogue.
Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (born 1720)
Samuel Whitbread was a British brewer and politician. In 1742, he established a brewery that in 1799 became Whitbread & Co Ltd.
Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded the Whitbread Company (born 1720)
Richard Gridley was a soldier and engineer who served for the British Army during the French and Indian Wars and for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer (born 1710)
Abraham Yates Jr. was an American lawyer, civil servant, and pamphleteer from Albany, New York.
Abraham Yates Jr
Field Marshal Sir George Howard KB PC was a British Army officer and politician. After commanding the 3rd Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Fontenoy in May 1745 during the War of t…
George Howard, English field marshal and politician (born 1718)
Robert Burns, also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the…
Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (born 1759)
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet was a British Army officer who served in the American War of Independence.
Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (born 1720)