Explore 620 historical events from 1810–1819.
Richard March Hoe was an American inventor from New York City who designed a rotary printing press identical to Josiah Warren's original invention, and related advancements, includ…
Richard March Hoe, American engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press (died 1886)
Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint was a Dutch novelist.
Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, Dutch novelist (died 1886)
Herschel Vespasian Johnson was an American politician. He was the 41st governor of Georgia from 1853 to 1857 and the vice presidential nominee of the Douglas wing of the Democratic…
Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (died 1880)
The Battle of Queenston Heights was the first major engagement of the War of 1812. The battle took place on 13 October 1812, at Queenston in Upper Canada and was a decisive British…
War of 1812: Sir Isaac Brock's British and native forces repel an invasion of Canada by General Rensselaer's United…
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…
The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
The Battle of Maloyaroslavets took place on 24 October 1812 as part of the French invasion of Russia. Armies were evenly matched in the battle and suffered similar casualties, with…
Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
USS United States was a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy and the first of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act…
War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate…
Johann Gottfried Galle was a German astronomer from Radis, Germany, at the Berlin Observatory who, on 23 September 1846, with the assistance of student Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, was…
Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer and academic (died 1910)
Mary Ann Browne was a prolific 19th-century English poet and writer of musical scores. She began publishing her verses at the age of fifteen, and her works include collections su…
Mary Ann Browne, British poet and writer of musical scores (died 1845)
Adolph Göpel was a German mathematician who wrote the first paper on hyperelliptic functions and who introduced Göpel tetrads.
Adolph Göpel, German mathematician (died 1847)
Louise Elisabeth Granberg was a Swedish playwright, translator and theatre director.
Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (died 1907)
Spencer Perceval was a British statesman and barrister who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1809 until his assassination in May 1812. He is the only British pr…
Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1762)
Anna Cabot Quincy Waterston was a 19th-century American writer from Massachusetts. The youngest daughter of Boston's mayor and Harvard University president Josiah Quincy III, she w…
Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston, American writer (died 1899)
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 L. Clingman, American general and politician (died 1897)
Agoston Haraszthy was a Hungarian American nobleman, adventurer, traveler, writer, town-builder, and pioneer winemaker in Wisconsin and California, often referred to as the "Father…
Agoston Haraszthy, Hungarian-American businessman, founded Buena Vista Winery (died 1869)
Hieronymus Joseph Franz de Paula Graf Colloredo von Wallsee und Melz was Prince-Bishop of Gurk from 1761 to 1772 and Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1772 until 1803, when the pr…
Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (born 1732)
Yakov Petrovich Kulnev was, along with Pyotr Bagration and Aleksey Yermolov, one of the most popular Russian military leaders at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Count Alexander Su…
Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (born 1763)
Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha was a grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire and served from 1794 to 1798.
Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman politician, 186th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1743)
Mayer Amschel Rothschild was a German Jewish banker and the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty, which dominated international finance in Europe between the 1820s and the 187…
Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (born 1744)
Emanuel Schikaneder was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer. He wrote the libretto of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte and was the builder of the Theater an d…
Emanuel Schikaneder, German actor and playwright (born 1751)
Juan José Castelli was an Argentine lawyer who was one of the leaders of the May Revolution, which led to the Argentine War of Independence. He led an ill-fated military campaign i…
Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (born 1764)
Major-General Sir Isaac Brock was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey. He is best remembered for his victory at the siege of Detroit and his death at th…
Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (born 1769)
Major-General Sir Isaac Brock was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey. He is best remembered for his victory at the siege of Detroit and his death at th…
Isaac Brock, British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (born 1769)
Spencer Perceval was a British statesman and barrister who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1809 until his assassination in May 1812. He is the only British pr…
Spencer Perceval was shot in the lobby of the House of Commons, becoming the only British prime minister to be assassina