Explore 620 historical events from 1810–1819.
Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet was a Scottish obstetrician and a significant figure in the history of medicine. He was the first physician to demonstrate the anaesthetic prop…
James Young Simpson, Scottish obstetrician (died 1870)
Jón Sigurðsson was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.
Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician (died 1879)
Juan Bautista Loreto Mucio Francisco José de Asís de la Santísima Trinidad Ceballos Gómez Sañudo (1811–1859) was a Mexican politician who served in congress and in the supreme cour…
Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (died 1859)
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and wrote a popular novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which…
Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (died 1896)
Matthew Simpson was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1852 and based mainly in Philadelphia. During the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War, most …
Matthew Simpson, American Methodist bishop and academic (died 1884)
John Archibald Campbell was an American jurist. He was a successful lawyer in Georgia and Alabama, where he served in the state legislature. Appointed by Franklin Pierce to the Uni…
John Archibald Campbell, American lawyer and jurist (died 1889)
Sir William Robert Grove, FRS FRSE was a Welsh judge and physical scientist. He anticipated the general theory of the conservation of energy, and was a pioneer of fuel cell technol…
William Robert Grove, Welsh physicist and inventor of the first fuel cell (died 1896)
William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of Brit…
William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (died 1863)
Sir Robert Ramsay Mackenzie, 10th Baronet was a pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was Premier of Queensland, Australia from August 1867 to November 1868.
Robert Mackenzie, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (died 1873)
Elisha Graves Otis was an American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company. In 1853, he invented a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting…
Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (died 1861)
Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas was a French composer and teacher, best known for his operas Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868).
Ambroise Thomas, French composer (died 1896)
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.
Théophile Gautier, French poet and critic (died 1872)
James Montgomrey ran a large timber mill in Brentford, Middlesex, that was in the family for 120 years. He also led the development of considerable infrastructure in the town to en…
James Montgomrey, Leader and important benefactor of his home town of Brentford, England (died 1883)
John Humphrey Noyes was an American preacher, radical religious philosopher, and utopian socialist. He founded utopian communities at Putney, Vermont; Oneida, New York; and Walling…
John Humphrey Noyes, American activist, founded the Oneida Community (died 1886)
Orson Pratt Sr. was an American religious leader and mathematician who was an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Christ. After the succession cri…
Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (died 1881)
Albertus Christiaan van Raalte was a Dutch Reformed clergyman who moved to the United States with a group of Dutch emigrants and founded the city of Holland, Michigan, in 1846. In …
Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American pastor and educator (died 1876)
Filippo Colini was an Italian operatic baritone. Debuted with the Accademia Filarmonica Romana in 1831. He is best known today for creating roles in the world premieres of several …
Filippo Colini, Italian operatic baritone (died 1863)
Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period. With a diverse body of work spanning more than six decades, he is considered t…
Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (died 1886)
Ferdinand (von) Hiller was a German composer, conductor, pianist, writer and music director.
Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor (died 1885)
Georg August Wallin, also known as Abd al-Wali, was a Finland Swede orientalist, explorer and professor at the University of Helsinki, remembered for his journeys across the Arabia…
Georg August Wallin, Finnish explorer, orientalist, and professor (died 1852)
Évariste Galois was a French mathematician and political activist. While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be so…
Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (died 1832)
Isaac Merritt Singer was an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of what became one of …
Isaac Singer, American actor and businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (died 1875)
Count Nikolay Mikhailovich Kamensky was a Russian general, younger son of Field Marshal Count Mikhail Fedotovich Kamensky and his wife, Princess Anna Pavlovna Shcherbatova (1749-18…
Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (born 1776)
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, PC, FRSE, styled as Lord Melville from 1802, was a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 1791 to 1794 and First Lord of the Admi…
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for War (born 1742)