Explore 603 historical events from 1830–1839.
Francis Brett Hart, known as Bret Harte, was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the…
Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (died 1902)
Justiniano Borgoño Castañeda was a Peruvian brigadier general and politician who served as the President of Peru, an office he held for four months in 1894. The son of a brigadier …
Justiniano Borgoño, Peruvian soldier and politician, 57th President of Peru (died 1921)
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party fro…
Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1908)
August Joseph Ignaz Toepler was a German chemist and physicist known for his experiments in electrostatics.
August Toepler, German physicist and academic (died 1912)
Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler was an American military officer and politician. He was a cavalry general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and then a gen…
Joseph Wheeler, American general and politician (died 1906)
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, sometimes seen as Fitzhugh Ludlow, was an American author, journalist, and explorer; best known for his autobiographical book The Hasheesh Eater (1857).
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, author, and explorer (died 1870)
Thomas Crapper was an English plumber and businessman. He founded Thomas Crapper & Co in London, a plumbing equipment company. His notability with regard to toilets has often been …
Thomas Crapper, English plumber, invented the ballcock (died 1910)
Remigio Morales Bermúdez served as the President of Peru from 1890 to 1894. He died while still in office. He served as the first vice president from 1886 to 1890.
Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Peruvian politician, President of Peru (died 1894)
Juliette Adam was a French author and feminist.
Juliette Adam, French author (died 1936)
Sir Henri-Elzéar Taschereau, was a Canadian jurist and the fourth Chief Justice of Canada.
Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian scholar and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1911)
Frederick August Otto Schwarz was a German-born American toy retailer known for founding FAO Schwarz.
Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (died 1911)
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. Lisle is known for writing La Marseillaise and it became the French national anthem.
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (born 1760)
Nathan Mayer Rothschild, also known as Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild, was a British-German banker, businessman and financier. Born in Frankfurt am Main, he was the third of the fiv…
Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (born 1777)
Marc-Antoine Parseval des Chênes was a French mathematician, most famous for what is now known as Parseval's theorem, which showed that the Fourier transform is unitary.
Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (born 1755)
Jacques Joseph Tissot, better known as James Tissot, was a French painter, illustrator, and caricaturist. He was born to a drapery merchant and a milliner and decided to pursue a c…
James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (died 1902)
John Littlejohn was an English-born American tradesman, Methodist preacher and politician. Born in Penrith, Cumberland, he briefly attended trade school in London before returning …
John Littlejohn, American sheriff and Methodist preacher (born 1756)
André-Marie Ampère was a French physicist and mathematician who was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as electrodynamics. He ma…
André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (born 1775)
James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist and philosopher. He is counted among the founders of the Ricardian school of economics. He also wrote The History…
James Mill, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (born 1773)
James Madison was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison was popularly acclaimed as…
James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States (born 1751)
Claude-Louis Navier was a French civil engineer, affiliated with the French government, and a physicist who specialized in continuum mechanics.
Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (born 1785)
Ferdinand Raimund was an Austrian actor and playwright.
Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (born 1790)
Christian Dietrich Grabbe was a German dramatist of the Vormärz era. He wrote many historical plays conceiving a disillusioned and pessimistic world view, with some shrill scenes. …
Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (born 1801)
Aaron Burr Jr. was an American politician, businessman, and lawyer who served as the third vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, during Thomas Jefferson's first pr…
Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (born 1756)
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu was a French botanist, notable as the first to publish a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today. His classif…
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (born 1748)