Explore 412 historical events from 1810–1819.
Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting. Committed to painting only what he could see, he rejected academic co…
Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (died 1877)
Henry Joseph Gardner was the 23rd governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1855 to 1858. Gardner, a Know Nothing, was elected governor as part of the sweeping victory of Know Nothin…
Henry Gardner, American merchant and politician, 23rd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1892)
Jacques Offenbach was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera The …
Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (died 1880)
Abner Doubleday was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of …
Abner Doubleday, American general (died 1893)
Thomas Dunn English was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the state's 6th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1891 to …
Thomas Dunn English, American poet, playwright, and politician (died 1902)
Charles-Louis Hanon was a French piano pedagogue and composer. He is best known for his work The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises, which is still used today for modern piano teachi…
Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer (died 1900)
Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. He confirmed explorer John Rae…
Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer (died 1907)
Elias Howe Jr. was an American inventor best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing machine.
Elias Howe, American inventor, invented the sewing machine (died 1867)
Gottfried Keller was a Swiss poet and writer of German literature. Best known for his novel Green Henry and his cycle of novellas called Seldwyla Folks, he became one of the most p…
Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright (died 1890)
Justin Holland was an American classical guitarist, a music teacher, a community leader, an African American man who worked to help slaves on the Underground Railroad, and an activ…
Justin Holland, American guitarist and educator (died 1887)
Herman Melville was an American writer of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences …
Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1891)
Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet, was an Irish mathematician and physicist. Born in County Sligo, Ireland, Stokes spent his entire career at the University of Cambridge, wher…
Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Anglo-Irish mathematician and physicist (died 1903)
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia was the daughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, and sister of Alexander II. In 1839, she married Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenber…
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1876)
Julius Philip Jacob Adriaan, Count van Zuylen van Nijevelt was a conservative Dutch politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1860 until 1861, and again from 1866 u…
Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1894)
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the husband of Queen Victoria and consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Victori…
Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (died 1861)
Mary Moser was an English painter who was one of the most celebrated female artists in 18th-century Britain. One of only two female founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, M…
Mary Moser, English painter and academic (born 1744)
Kamehameha I, also known as Kamehameha the Great, was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The state of Hawaii gave a statue of him to the National Statuary Hall…
Kamehameha I, king of the Hawaiian Islands (born 1738)
The Public Universal Friend was an American preacher born in Cumberland, Rhode Island, to Quaker parents. After suffering a severe illness in 1776, the Friend claimed to have died …
The Public Universal Friend, American evangelist (born 1752)
Admiral Sir William Cornwallis, was a Royal Navy officer and politician. Cornwallis took part in a number of decisive battles including the siege of Louisbourg in 1758, when he was…
William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician (born 1744)
Oliver Hazard Perry was a United States Navy officer from South Kingstown, Rhode Island. A prominent member of the Perry family naval dynasty, he was the son of Sarah Wallace Alexa…
Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (born 1785)
James Watt was a Scottish inventor, engineer and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to t…
James Watt, Scottish engineer and instrument maker (born 1736)
The 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake occurred at about 18:45 to 18:50 local time on 16 June 1819. It had an estimated magnitude ranging from 7.7 to 8.2 on the moment magnitude scale a…
A strong earthquake in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India, caused a local zone of uplift that dammed the Nara River, w
Cavalry are groups of soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Until the 20th century, cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry in th…
Around 15 people were killed and 400 to 700 others injured when cavalry charged into a crowd demanding the reform of…
The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, and the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house. Together, the Senate…
The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty, limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain