Explore 620 historical events from 1810–1819.
The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by the Iberian nations Spain and Portugal, along with the United Kingdom, against the invading and occupying forc…
Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
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: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
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: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia,…
William Henry Barlow was an English civil engineer of the 19th century, particularly associated with railway engineering projects. Barlow was involved in many engineering enterpris…
William Henry Barlow, English engineer (died 1902)
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he…
Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (died 1888)
George Knight Teulon was a 19th-century English-Texian journalist and freemason who was a cofounder and the editor of The Austin City Gazette, the first newspaper published in Aust…
George K
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 Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (died 1884)
Edmond Hébert, French geologist, was born at Villefargau, Yonne.
Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (died 1890)
The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by the Iberian nations Spain and Portugal, along with the United Kingdom, against the invading and occupying forc…
Peninsular War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long…
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: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
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: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's…
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812, was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of forc…
French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, is fought near Moscow…
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: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov was a Russian novelist best known for his novels The Same Old Story, Oblomov (1859), and The Precipice. He also served in many official capacities, in…
Ivan Goncharov, Russian journalist and author (died 1891)
James Robert Hope-Scott was a British barrister and Tractarian.
James Hope-Scott, English lawyer and academic (died 1873)
Thomas Lanier Clingman, known as the "Prince of Politicians," was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845…
Thomas Lanier Clingman, American general and politician (died 1897)
Nikolay Nikolaevich Zinin was a Russian organic chemist.
Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (died 1880)
Bertalan Szemere was a Hungarian poet and nationalist who became the third Prime Minister of Hungary during the short period of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 when Hungary was in…
Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1869)
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–15) were a global series of conflicts fought by a fluctuating array of European coalitions against the French First Republic (1803–04) under the First Con…
Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the…
The Grande Armée was the primary field army of the French Imperial Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Commanded by Napoleon, from 1804 to 1812 it won a series of military victories t…
The Grande Armée under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow during the failed French invasion of Russia.
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: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
During the French occupation of Moscow, a fire persisted from 14 to 18 September 1812 and all but destroyed the city. The Russian troops and most of the remaining civilians had aba…
The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the…
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: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and…
Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy was an English historian and jurist.
Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (died 1878)