Explore 167 historical events from 1820–1829.
Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator, and member of the Rossetti family. He founded the …
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (died 1882)
Auguste René Caillié was a French explorer and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu. Caillié had been preceded at Timbuktu by a British officer, Major Gordo…
René Caillié becomes the second non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu, following Major Gordon Laing
John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825; mi…
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Rudolf Koller was a Swiss painter. He is associated with a realist and classicist style, and also with the essentially romantic Düsseldorf school of painting. Koller's style is sim…
Rudolf Koller, Swiss painter (died 1905)
Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Albrecht von Gräfe, often Anglicized to Graefe, was a Prussian pioneer of German ophthalmology. Graefe was born in Finkenheerd, Brandenburg, the son of Karl…
Albrecht von Graefe, German ophthalmologist and academic (died 1870)
Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera was a scholar Buddhist monk who lived in the 19th century in Sri Lanka. An educationist and revivalist of Sri Lankan Buddhism, he was reputed for his…
Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera, Buddhist monk and scholar, founder of Vidyalankara Pirivena (died 1885)
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His …
Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (born 1746)
Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani was an Italian guitarist, cellist, singer, and composer. He was a leading guitar virtuoso of the early 19th century. One of his best known w…
Mauro Giuliani, Italian guitarist, cellist, and composer (born 1781)
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Repres…
The United States Congress passed the largest tariff in the nation's history, which resulted in severe economic hardship
Auguste René Caillié was a French explorer and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu. Caillié had been preceded at Timbuktu by a British officer, Major Gordo…
French explorer René Caillié reached Timbuktu in present-day Mali, and later received a 9,000-franc prize from the Socié
Octave Crémazie was a French Canadian poet and bookseller born in Quebec City. Recognized both during and after his lifetime for his patriotic verse and his significant role in the…
Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller (died 1879)
William Nelson Edward Hall was the first Black person, first Nova Scotian, and the third Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross due to his actions in the 1857 Siege of Lucknow, ami…
William Hall, Canadian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1904)
Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton was a 19th-century French naturalist painter. His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside and his absorption of traditional metho…
Jules Breton, French painter (died 1906)
John Hanning Speke was an English explorer and army officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and, …
John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (died 1864)
Hermann Raster was an American editor, abolitionist, writer, and anti-temperance political boss who served as chief editor and part-owner of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung, a widely c…
Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (died 1891)
Petrus Josephus Hubertus "Pierre" Cuypers was a Dutch architect. His name is most frequently associated with the Amsterdam Central Station (1881–1889) and the Rijksmuseum (1876–188…
Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect, designed the Amsterdam Centraal railway station and Rijksmuseum (died 1921)
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour was a French statesman.
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1896)
William Peter Sprague was a businessman, banker, politician, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, serving from 1871 to 1875.
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Samuel Franklin Miller was a United States representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.
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Kusumoto Ine was a Japanese physician. She was the first female doctor of Western medicine in Japan.
Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (died 1903)
Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent…
Johanna Spyri, Swiss author, best known for Heidi (died 1901)
Alberto Henschel was a German-born Brazilian photographer born in Berlin. Considered the hardest-working photographer and businessman in 19th-century Brazil, with offices in Pernam…
Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (died 1882)
Georgios Karaiskakis, born Georgios Karaiskos, was a Greek military commander and a leader of the Greek War of Independence.
Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (born 1780)
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony was a member of the House of Wettin who reigned as the last Elector of Saxony from 1763 to 1806 and as the first King of Saxony from 1806 to 1827. He…
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (born 1750)