Explore 482 historical events from 1820–1829.
Gregor Johann Mendel was an Austrian biologist, meteorologist, mathematician, Augustinian friar and abbot of St. Thomas' Abbey in Brno (Brünn), Margraviate of Moravia. Mendel was b…
Gregor Mendel, Austro-German monk, geneticist and botanist (died 1884)
George Stoneman Jr. was an American military officer and politician who served as the 15th governor of California from 1883 to 1887.
George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (died 1894)
Isaac Peace Rodman was a Rhode Island banker, politician, and a Union Army brigadier general in the American Civil War, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam.
Isaac P. Rodman, American general and politician (died 1862)
William Hayden English was an American politician. He served as a U.S. representative from Indiana from 1853 to 1861 and was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of th…
William Hayden English, American politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana and Democratic vice-presidential nominee…
Sir Graham Berry was an Australian colonial politician and the 11th Premier of Victoria. He was one of the most radical and colourful figures in the politics of colonial Victoria,…
Graham Berry, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Victoria (died 1904)
Adolph Strauch was a Prussian American landscape architect who conceived the "landscape lawn" design. He applied his thinking to the layout of Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, …
Adolph Strauch, Prussian American landscape architect (died 1883)
Karl Bernhard Woldemar Ferdinand von Ditmar was a Baltic German geologist and explorer, who travelled in and contributed to the scientific understanding of Kamchatka.
Karl von Ditmar, German geologist and explorer (died 1892)
Charles Crocker was an American railroad executive and founding patriarch of the Crocker business dynasty. He was a member of the "Big Four" who famously oversaw construction of th…
Charles Crocker, American businessman (died 1888)
Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. He served as Cincinnati's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861 and was known as a stau…
Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (died 1893)
Ahmed Şefik Midhat Pasha was an Ottoman politician, reformist, and statesman. He was the author of the Constitution of the Ottoman Empire.
Midhat Pasha, Ottoman civil servant and politician, 238th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (died 1883)
Thomas Hughes was an English barrister, judge, politician and author. He is most famous for his novel Tom Brown's School Days (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby Scho…
Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and judge (died 1896)
Friederich Wilhelm Gustav Spörer was a German astronomer.
Gustav Spörer, German astronomer (died 1895)
Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski was a Polish Roman Catholic cardinal-priest. He was born in Górki in Russian-controlled Congress Poland to Count Josef Ledóchowski and Maria Zakrzewska…
Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Russian-Polish cardinal (died 1902)
John Stark was an American military officer who served during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. A major general, he became known as the "Hero of Bennington" for …
John Stark, American general (born 1728)
Armand Emmanuel Sophie Septimanie de Vignerot du Plessis, 5th Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac, was a French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration. He was known by the courtesy tit…
Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a German Romantic author of fantasy and gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. His short story "The Sandman" is seen as a pi…
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Kristjan Jaak Peterson, also known as Christian Jacob Petersohn, was an Estonian poet, commonly regarded as a herald of Estonian national literature and the founder of modern Eston…
Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (born 1801)
Jean Baptiste Joseph, chevalier Delambre was a French mathematician, astronomer, historian of astronomy, and geodesist. He was also director of the Paris Observatory, and author of…
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (born 1749)
Frederick William Herschel was a German–British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel. Born in the Ele…
William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (born 1738)
Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley …
Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (born 1792)
Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, usually known as Lord Castlereagh, derived from the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh by which he was styled from 1796 to 1821, was a…
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (born 1769)
Antonio Canova was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists, his sculpture was inspired by the…
Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor (born 1757)
Eva Marie Veigel was a dancer and the wife of actor David Garrick.
Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (born 1724)
On 26 May 1822 there was a Pentecost worship service at the Grue Church near Kirkenær, Norway. During the service, the church caught fire and at least 113 people were killed. It is…
The deadliest fire in Norwegian history occurred at a church in Grue, killing at least 113 people