Explore 208 historical events from 1810–1819.
The Court of King's Bench, formally known as The Court of the King Before the King Himself, was a court of common law in the English legal system. Created in the late 12th to early…
Four days after the Court of King's Bench upheld an English murder suspect's right to a trial by battle in Ashford v Tho
Friends Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes spanning the Canada–United States border. The five lakes are Su…
The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched
A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one b…
The earliest form of bicycle, the dandy horse, is driven by Karl von Drais
Alexander Kaufmann was a German poet and folklorist from Bonn.
Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator (died 1893)
Debendranath Tagore was an Indian philosopher and religious reformer, active in the Brahmo Samaj. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1842. He was the founder in 1848 of the Brahmo relig…
Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (died 1905)
Manuel Robles Pezuela was a military engineer, military commander, and eventually interim president of Mexico during a civil war, the Reform War, being waged between conservatives …
Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president (died 1862)
Princess Clémentine of Orléans was the sixth child and youngest daughter of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French and Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies. She was the mother of Ferdina…
Princess Clémentine of Orléans(died 1907)
The Battle of Seven Oaks—also known as the Seven Oaks Massacre and the Seven Oaks Incident—was a violent confrontation of the Pemmican War between the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) an…
Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Thomas Hazlehurst was known nationally as "the Chapel Builder" and more locally as "the Prince of Methodism" or "the Prince of the Wesleyans". He was given these titles because of…
Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect and philanthropist (died 1876)
Littleport is a town in East Cambridgeshire, in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Ely and 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Welney, …
A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs, and the riots spread
Bogoslav Šulek was a Croatian philologist, historian and lexicographer. He was very influential in creating Croatian terminology in the areas of social and natural sciences, techno…
Bogoslav Šulek, Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer (died 1895)
Charlotte Nicholls, commonly known by her maiden name Charlotte Brontë, was an English novelist and poet, and was the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë. She is best k…
Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (died 1855)
Charles Denis Sauter Bourbaki was a French general.
Charles-Denis Bourbaki, French general (died 1897)
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze was a German-born American history painter, best known for his 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school o…
Emanuel Leutze, German-American painter (died 1868)
Hélène Napoleone de Montholon was the reputed daughter of Napoleon by Albine de Montholon, wife of Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, and sister of Charles-François-Frédéric, m…
Hélène Napoleone Bonaparte, French daughter of Napoleon (died 1907)
Jung Bahadur Rana,, was the Prime Minister of Nepal and the 1st Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski. He was born Bir Narsingh Kunwar (1817–1877). His mother, Ganesh Kumari, was the daugh…
Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepali ruler (died 1877)
William Henry Webb was a 19th-century New York City shipbuilder and philanthropist, who has been called America's first true naval architect.
William H
Johann Heinrich Abicht was a German philosopher.
Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, author, and academic (born 1762)
Samuel Dexter was an early American statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinets of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, De…
Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Tr
Giovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era, and was the most popular opera composer of the late 1700s. His operatic style influenced Mozart and Rossini.
Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (born 1741)
Charles-Pierre-François Augereau, duc de Castiglione was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic …
Pierre Augereau, French general (born 1757)
The Ely and Littleport riots occurred between 22 and 24 May 1816 in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, caused by high unemployment and rising grain costs, similar to the general unre…
A riot broke out in Littleport, England, over high unemployment and rising grain costs, spreading to Ely the next day be
"Kubla Khan: or A Vision in a Dream" is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, completed in 1797 and published in 1816. It is sometimes given the subtitles "A Vision in a Dream…
The poems Kubla Khan and Christabel by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (pictured) were published