1814
Paweł Bryliński, Polish sculptor (died 1890)
Paweł Bryliński was a Polish folk-sculptor. He is perhaps best known for a series of works concerning Holy Week.
Paweł Bryliński, Polish sculptor (died 1890)
The 1810s
Explore 412 historical events from 1810–1819.
1814
Anton Nuhn, German anatomist and academic (died 1889)
Anton Nuhn was a German anatomist.
Anton Nuhn, German anatomist and academic (died 1889)
1814
War of 1812: British forces launch a costly and unsuccessful night attack against American defenders during the siege…
The War of 1812 was a conflict initiated by the United States against the United Kingdom and its allies fought mainly in North America and at sea during the wider Napoleonic Wars. …
War of 1812: British forces launch a costly and unsuccessful night attack against American defenders during the siege…
1814
British troops capture Washington, D.C. and set the Presidential Mansion, Capitol, Navy Yard and many other public…
The Burning of Washington, also known as the Capture of Washington, was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear Admiral George Cockburn during Admiral John Warren'…
British troops capture Washington, D.C. and set the Presidential Mansion, Capitol, Navy Yard and many other public…
1814
War of 1812: On the second day of the Burning of Washington, British troops torch the Library of Congress, United…
The War of 1812 was a conflict initiated by the United States against the United Kingdom and its allies fought mainly in North America and at sea during the wider Napoleonic Wars. …
War of 1812: On the second day of the Burning of Washington, British troops torch the Library of Congress, United…
1814
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English art collector and philanthropist (died 1906)
Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts was a British philanthropist, the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet and Sophia, formerly Coutts, daughter of …
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English art collector and philanthropist (died 1906)
1814
Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded Beyer, Peacock & Company (died 1876)
Charles Frederick Beyer was a celebrated German-British locomotive designer and builder, and co-founder of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He was the co-founder and head e…
Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded Beyer, Peacock & Company (died 1876)
1814
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and engineer (died 1896)
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée MIF FRS FRSE was a French geologist, best known for applying experimental methods to structural geology. He served as the director of the École des Mines as…
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and engineer (died 1896)
1814
Robert Richard Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (died 1884)
Sir Robert Richard Torrens,, also known as Robert Richard Chute Torrens, was an Irish-born parliamentarian, writer, and land reformer. After a move to London in 1836, he became pro…
Robert Richard Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (died 1884)
1814
Ferdinand Didrichsen, Danish botanist and physicist (died 1887)
Didrik Ferdinand Didrichsen was a Danish botanist and physicist.
Ferdinand Didrichsen, Danish botanist and physicist (died 1887)
1814
Samuel Colt, American businessman, founded the Colt's Manufacturing Company (died 1862)
Samuel Colt was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commerc…
Samuel Colt, American businessman, founded the Colt's Manufacturing Company (died 1862)
1814
Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragette and judge (died 1902)
Esther Hobart Morris was an American judge who was the first woman justice of the peace in the United States. She began her tenure as justice in South Pass City, Wyoming, on Februa…
Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragette and judge (died 1902)
1814
Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (died 1890)
Henri Nestlé was a German-born Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company.
Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (died 1890)
1814
John C. Pemberton, United States soldier and Confederate general (died 1881)
John Clifford Pemberton was an American military officer who served in the United States Army during the Seminole Wars and the Mexican–American War. He resigned his commission and …
John C. Pemberton, United States soldier and Confederate general (died 1881)
1814
Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (died 1874)
Anders Jonas Ångström was a Swedish physicist and one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy.
Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (died 1874)
1814
Charlotte Fowler Wells, American phrenologist and publisher (died 1901)
Charlotte Fowler Wells was an American phrenologist and publisher from New York. Along with her brothers, Orson Squire Fowler and Lorenzo Niles Fowler, her sister-in-law, Lydia Fol…
Charlotte Fowler Wells, American phrenologist and publisher (died 1901)
1814
James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (died 1877)
James Roosevelt Bayley was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Newark (1853–1872) and as Archbishop of Baltimore (1872–1877).
James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (died 1877)
1814
Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (died 1873)
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic literature, journalist and newspaper proprietor. Le Fanu is considered by literary critics to be among the greatest gho…
Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (died 1873)
1814
Joséphine de Beauharnais, French empress, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (born 1763)
Joséphine Bonaparte was the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I and as such Empress of the French from 18 May 1804 until their marriage was annulled on 10 January 1810. As Napoleon's …
Joséphine de Beauharnais, French empress, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (born 1763)
1814
Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer (born 1774)
Captain Matthew Flinders was an English Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He…
Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer (born 1774)
1814
John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (born 1732)
John Johnson was an English architect and surveyor to the county of Essex. He is best known for designing the Shire Hall, Chelmsford.
John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (born 1732)
1814
Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (born 1753)
Colonel Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS, was an American-born British military officer, scientist and inventor. Born in Woburn, Massachusetts, he supported the Loyalist c…
Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (born 1753)
1814
Britain celebrated a Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of…
The Grand Jubilee of 1814 was a public holiday and celebration in the United Kingdom held on 1 August 1814. The event marked the centenary of the accession of George I, the first k…
Britain celebrated a Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of…
1814
Britain celebrated the Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of…
The Grand Jubilee of 1814 was a public holiday and celebration in the United Kingdom held on 1 August 1814. The event marked the centenary of the accession of George I, the first k…
Britain celebrated the Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of…