Explore 504 historical events from 1800–1809.
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)
George Henry Borrow was an English writer of novels and of travel based on personal experiences in Europe. His travels gave him a close affinity with the Romani people of Europe, w…
George Borrow, British writer (died 1881)
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)
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)
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
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)
Prudence Crandall was an American schoolteacher and activist. She ran the Canterbury Female Boarding School in Canterbury, Connecticut, which became the first known school for Afri…
Prudence Crandall, American educator (died 1890)
Sarah Childress Polk was the first lady of the United States from 1845 to 1849. She was the wife of the 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk.
Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (died 1891)
William Knibb, OM was an English Baptist minister and missionary to Jamaica. He is chiefly known today for his work to free enslaved Africans.
William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (died 1845)
Maria Anna of Savoy was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary by marriage to Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria. Born into the House of Savoy, she was the penultimate child and daugh…
Maria Anna of Savoy (died 1884)
Samuel Francis Du Pont was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and a member of the prominent du Pont family. In the Mexican–American War, Du Pont captured San Diego, and was …
Samuel Francis Du Pont, American admiral (died 1865)
Prosper Mérimée was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and his…
Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author (died 1870)
Jacques Charles François Sturm was a French mathematician, who made a significant addition to equation theory with his work, Sturm's theorem.
Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and theorist (died 1850)
Friedrich Bernhard Westphal was a German-Danish genre painter and illustrator. He was also known by his nickname Fritz Westphal.
Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (died 1844)
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove was a Prussian physicist and meteorologist.
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (died 1879)
Gregor von Helmersen or Grigory Petrovich Helmersen was a Baltic German geologist.
Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian general and geologist (died 1885)
Robert Stephenson, DCL was an English civil engineer and designer of locomotives. The only son of George Stephenson, the "Father of Railways", he built on the achievements of his …
Robert Stephenson, English railway and civil engineer (died 1859)