Explore 482 historical events from 1820–1829.
Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg was the German pretender to the throne of second duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 1863, …
Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (died 1880)
Edward White Benson was archbishop of Canterbury from 1883 until his death. Before this, he was the first Bishop of Truro, serving from 1877 to 1883, and began construction of Trur…
Edward Benson, English archbishop (died 1896)
Auguste Marie François Beernaert was the prime minister of Belgium from October 1884 to March 1894, and the 1909 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1912)
Otto Moritz David Goldschmidt was a pianist, composer, conductor and educator, whose works included a piano concerto and other piano pieces, and an oratorio, Ruth, on a biblical th…
Otto Goldschmidt, German composer, conductor and pianist (died 1907)
Moritz Benedikt Cantor was a German historian of mathematics.
Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian (died 1920)
Carlo Eduardo Acton was an Italian composer and concert pianist. He is particularly remembered for his opera Una cena in convitto and for his sacred music compositions of which his…
Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (died 1909)
Lester Allan Pelton was an American inventor who contributed significantly to the development of hydroelectricity and hydropower in the American Old West as well as world-wide. In …
Lester Allan Pelton, American inventor (died 1908)
Friedrich August Kekulé, later Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz, was a German organic chemist. From the 1850s until his death, Kekulé was one of the most prominent chemists i…
August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (died 1896)
Thomas Hill was an American artist of the 19th century. He produced many fine paintings of the Californian landscape, in particular of the Yosemite Valley, as well as the White Mou…
Thomas Hill, American painter (died 1908)
Anselm Feuerbach was a German painter. He was the leading neoclassical painter of the German 19th-century school.
Anselm Feuerbach, German painter (died 1880)
Charles Dudley Warner was an American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain, with whom he co-authored the novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today.
Charles Dudley Warner, American essayist and novelist (died 1900)
Tự Đức was the fourth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam, and the country's last pre-colonial monarch. Ruling for about 36 years from 1847 to 1883, this made him the longest …
Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (died 1883)
Charles Shannon West was an American jurist and politician in the state of Texas, serving as a state representative, the Texas Secretary of State, and an Associate Justice of the …
Charles S. West, American jurist and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (died 1885)
Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st president of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885. A Republican from New York, he served as the 20th vice president under President James A…
Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (died 1886)
Asaph Hall III was an American astronomer who is best known for having discovered the two moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, in 1877. He determined the orbits of satellites of other…
Asaph Hall, American astronomer and academic (died 1907)
Thomas Young was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology. H…
Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (born 1773)
John Jay was an American statesman, diplomat, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served from 1789 to 1795 as the first chief justice o…
John Jay, American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (born 1745)
Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III Mir Akbar Ali Khan Siddiqi, was the 3rd Nizam of Hyderabad, India from 1803 to 1829. He was born in Chowmahalla Palace in the Khilwath, the second son of…
Sikandar Jah, 3rd Nizam (born 1768)
Philibert-Jean-Baptiste François Joseph, comte Curial was a general in the French Imperial Army during the Napoleonic Wars.
Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial, French general (born 1774)
James Smithson was a British chemist and mineralogist. He published numerous scientific papers for the Royal Society during the early 1800s as well as defining calamine, which woul…
James Smithson, English chemist and mineralogist (born 1765)
Charles Henri Félicité Sapinaud de la Rairie was a French soldier and Vendéen general during the war in the Vendée.
Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (born 1760)
Nikolay Nikolayevich Raevsky or Rayevsky was a Russian general and statesman who achieved fame for his feats of arms during the Napoleonic Wars. His family left a lasting legacy in…
Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (born 1771)
Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp. He is also remembered for isolating, by using electri…
Humphry Davy, English-Swiss chemist and academic (born 1778)
Pierre Derbigny was a French born judge and politician who served as the sixth governor of Louisiana. He was an advocate of integrating Louisiana into the United States and played …
Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (born 1769)