Explore 333 historical events from 1800–1809.
Peter Louis Marie Chanel, SM, was a Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr. Chanel was a member of the Society of Mary and was sent as a missionary to Oceania. He arrived on the i…
Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (died 1841)
The Surrey Iron Railway (SIR) was a horse-drawn narrow-gauge plateway that linked Wandsworth and Croydon via Mitcham, all then in Surrey but now suburbs of south London, in England…
The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
Albrecht Theodor Emil Graf von Roon was a Prussian soldier and statesman. As Minister of War from 1859 to 1873, Roon, along with Otto von Bismarck and Helmuth von Moltke, was a dom…
Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (died 1879)
James Clarence Mangan, born James Mangan, was an Irish poet. He freely translated works from German, Turkish, Persian, Arabic, and Irish, with his translations of Goethe gaining sp…
James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author (died 1849)
Justus Freiherr von Liebig was a German scientist who made major contributions to the theory, practice, and pedagogy of chemistry, as well as to agricultural and biological chemist…
Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (died 1873)
Juan Nepomuceno Almonte Ramírez was a Mexican soldier, commander, minister of war, congressman, diplomat, presidential candidate, and regent. The natural son of Catholic cleric Jos…
Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican
Adolphe Charles Adam was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1841) and Le corsaire (18…
Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (died 1856)
Alexander Jackson Davis was an American architect known particularly for his association with the Gothic Revival style.
Alexander J. Davis, American architect (died 1892)
John Ericsson was a Swedish-American engineer and inventor. He was active in England and the United States.
John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, co-designed the USS Princeton and the Novelty Locomotive (died 1889)
Sir Joseph Paxton was an English gardener, architect, engineer and Liberal Member of Parliament. He is best known for designing the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park, Lo…
Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, designed The Crystal Palace (died 1865)
Prince Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoyevsky was a Russian philosopher, writer, music critic, philanthropist, and pedagogue. He became known as the 'Russian Hoffmann' and even the 'Russia…
Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (died 1869)
Nathan Clifford was an American statesman, diplomat and jurist.
Nathan Clifford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 19th United States Attorney General (died 1881)
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, nicknamed "the Peacemaker" and "the Iron Duke", was an army officer, politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. Like his father …
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (died 1880)
Edward Beecher was an American theologian, the son of Lyman Beecher and the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher.
Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (died 1895)
Matthew Thornton was an Irish-born Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire.
Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (born 1714)
L'Aigle is a L6 meteorite that fell on 26 April 1803 over L'Aigle, Lower Normandy, France, during a meteor shower. Before the event, it was generally believed that meteorites were …
Thousands of meteor fragments fell over L'Aigle, France, becoming a milestone in the understanding of meteorites
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Miss…
The United States purchased France's claim to the Louisiana Territory for 80 million francs, or less than US$
The Law of 20 May 1802 was a decree passed by First Consul Napoleon of the French First Republic on 20 May 1802 that reinstated slavery. It decreed the reinstatement and continuati…
By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the F
Charles Emmanuel IV was King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from 16 October 1796 until 1802, when he abdicated in favour of his brother Victor Emmanuel I.
King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel
Gia Long, born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam, which would rule the unified territories that …
Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.
Heinrich Gustav Magnus was a German experimental scientist. His training was mostly in chemistry but his later research was mostly in physics. He spent the great bulk of his career…
Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (died 1870)
The Wahhabi sack of Karbala occurred on 21 April 1802, under the rule of Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, the second ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah, where approximately 12,000 Wahh…
Twelve thousand Wahhabis sack Karbala, killing over three thousand inhabitants
Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hu…
Napoleon Bonaparte signs a general amnesty to allow all but about one thousand of the most notorious émigrés of the Fren
Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia and commonly known as simply Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on…
Washington, D