Explore 504 historical events from 1800–1809.
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a global series of conflicts fought by shared European coalitions against the French First Republic (1803–1804) under the First Consul followed…
Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral…
William Butler Ogden was an American politician and railroad executive who served as the first Mayor of Chicago. He was referred to as "the Astor of Chicago." He was, at one time, …
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Karl Friedrich Curschmann was a German song composer and singer.
Karl Friedrich Curschmann, German composer and singer (died 1841)
Charles Thomas Jackson was an American physician and scientist who was active in medicine, chemistry, mineralogy, and geology.
Charles Thomas Jackson, American physician and geologist (died 1880)
Claude Antoine Jean Georges Napoléon Coste was a French classical guitarist and composer.
Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (died 1883)
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy was an English officer of the Royal Navy, politician and scientist who served as the second governor of New Zealand between 1843 and 1845.
Robert FitzRoy, English captain, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (died 1865)
Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville, was a French diplomat, political philosopher and historian. He is best known for his works Democracy in America and The Old Regim…
Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher (died 1859)
Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian politician, lawyer, journalist, philosopher, and political activist who worked for the unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and was a major leader of…
Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (died 1872)
Sir William Rowan Hamilton was an Irish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who made numerous major contributions to algebra, classical mechanics, and optics. His theoretical …
William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1865)
Joseph Locke FRSA was an English civil engineer of the nineteenth century, particularly associated with railway projects. Locke ranked alongside Robert Stephenson and Isambard King…
Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (died 1860)
Ferenc Toldy was a literary critic from the Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary.
Ferenc Toldy, German-Hungarian historian and critic (died 1875)
Anton Ritter von Schmerling was an Austrian statesman.
Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician (died 1893)
John Frederick Denison Maurice, commonly known as F. D. Maurice, was an English Anglican priest and theologian. He was a prolific author and one of the founders of Christian social…
Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest, theologian, and author (died 1872)
José Esteban Antonio Echeverría was an Argentine poet, fiction writer, cultural promoter, and liberal activist who played a significant role in the development of Argentine literat…
Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (died 1851)
George Müller was a Christian evangelist and the director of the Ashley Down orphanage in Bristol, England. He was one of the founders of the Plymouth Brethren movement. Later duri…
George Müller, German-English evangelist and missionary, founded the Ashley Down Orphanage (died 1898)
John Russell Bartlett was an American historian and linguist.
John Russell Bartlett, American linguist and historian (died 1886)
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian. Schiller is considered to be one of Germany's most important classical playwrights…
Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (born 1759)
William Paley was an English Anglican clergyman, philosopher, and utilitarian. He was at times referred to as a Christian apologist by his critics. He is best known for his natural…
William Paley, English priest and philosopher (born 1743)
Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée was a French rococo painter and student of Carle van Loo. He won the Grand Prix de Rome for painting in 1749 and was elected a member of the Académie r…
Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter and educator (born 1724)
Dheeran Chinnamalai was a chieftain who ruled the odanilai region of the present day western Tamil Nadu. He fought against the British East India Company, was later captured and ha…
Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian soldier (born 1756)
William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history, was an Anglo-Irish Whig…
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1737)
Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and galante style even while he matured somewhat apart from the maj…
Luigi Boccherini, Italian cellist and composer (born 1743)
Christopher Anstey was an English poet who also wrote in Latin. After a period managing his family's estates, he moved permanently to Bath and died after a long public life there. …
Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (born 1724)
Alexander Carlyle was a Scottish church leader, and autobiographer. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1770/71.
Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader and author (born 1722)