Explore 208 historical events from 1810–1819.
The Constitution of Norway was adopted on 16 May and signed on 17 May 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll. The latter date is the National Day of Norway; it mark…
The Constitution of Norway is signed and Crown Prince Christian Frederick of Denmark is elected King of Norway by the No
The Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy, also known as the Constitution of Cádiz and nicknamed La Pepa, was the first Constitution of Spain and one of the earliest codif…
King Ferdinand VII abolishes the Spanish Constitution of 1812, returning Spain to absolutism
Military occupation, also called belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is temporary hostile control exerted by a ruling power's military apparatus over a sovereign territory…
Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian
Josif Pančić was a Serbian botanist, physician, professor and academic. Born in the First French Empire, in present-day Croatia, he earned his medical degree in Hungary before movi…
Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic (died 1888)
Louis Amédée Eugène Achard was a prolific French novelist.
Louis Amédée Achard, French journalist and author (died 1875)
Sir Adams George Archibald was a Canadian lawyer and politician, and a Father of Confederation. He was based in Nova Scotia for most of his career, though he also served as first L…
Adams George Archibald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (died 1892)
John Brougham was an Irish and American actor, dramatist, poet, theatre manager, and author. As an actor and dramatist he had most of his career in the United States, where he was …
John Brougham, Irish-American actor and playwright (died 1880)
The Treaty of Paris, signed on 30 May 1814, ended the war between France and the Sixth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars, following an armistice signed on 23 April between Cha…
The First Treaty of Paris is signed, returning the French frontiers to their 1792 extent, and restoring the House of Bou
Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts was a British philanthropist, the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet and Sophia, formerly Coutts, daughter of …
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English art collector and philanthropist (died 1906)
Georg Martin Adolf von Henselt was a German composer and virtuoso pianist.
Adolf von Henselt, German pianist and composer (died 1889)
Charles Frederick Beyer was a celebrated German-British locomotive designer and builder, and co-founder of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He was the co-founder and head e…
Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded Beyer, Peacock & Company (died 1876)
Amalia Euphrosyne Lindegren was a Swedish artist and painter. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (1856).
Amalia Lindegren, Swedish painter (died 1891)
John Rudolph Niernsee was an American architect. He served as the head architect for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Rudolph also largely contributed to the design and constructio…
John Rudolph Niernsee, Viennese-born American architect (died 1885)
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin was a Russian revolutionary anarchist and political philosopher. He is among the most influential figures of anarchism and a major figure in the revol…
Mikhail Bakunin, Russian philosopher and theorist (died 1876)
Eugène Charles Catalan was a French and Belgian mathematician who worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics. His notable contributions in…
Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (died 1894)
Joséphine Bonaparte was the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I and as such Empress of the French from 18 May 1804 until their marriage was annulled on 10 January 1810. As Napoleon's …
Joséphine de Beauharnais, French empress, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (born 1763)
USRC Surveyor was a 6-gun cutter of the United States Revenue-Marine captured by British forces during the War of 1812. Despite the vessel's loss, the "gallant and desperate" defen…
Capture of USRC Surveyor
James McCune Smith was an American physician, apothecary, abolitionist and author. He was the first African American to earn a medical degree. His M.D. was awarded by the Universit…
James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author (died 1865)
Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam was a French Catholic literary scholar, lawyer, journalist and equal rights advocate. He founded with fellow students the Conference of Charity, later known…
Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar (died 1853)
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States declared war on Britain o…
War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York
William Lawson, MLC was a British soldier, explorer, land owner, grazier and politician. In 1800, he migrated to Sydney, New South Wales, and from 1819, he served as the commandant…
William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Aus
In the Battle of Bautzen, a combined Prusso-Russian army, retreating after their defeat at Lützen and massively outnumbered, was pushed back by Napoleon but escaped destruction. So…
Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of
Caroline Leigh Gascoigne was a 19th-century English poet and novelist from London. The daughter of a wealthy banker, she began writing at an early age and went on to publish severa…
Caroline Leigh Gascoigne, English novelist and poet (died 1883)
Montgomery Blair was an American politician and lawyer from Maryland. He served in the Lincoln administration cabinet as Postmaster-General from 1861 to 1864, during the Civil War.…
Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (died 1883)