1834
Frans de Cort, Flemish poet and author (died 1878)
Frans Jozef de Cort, was a Flemish writer.
Frans de Cort, Flemish poet and author (died 1878)
The 1830s
Explore 418 historical events from 1830–1839.
1834
William Chester Minor, American surgeon and linguist (died 1920)
William Chester Minor was an American army surgeon, psychiatric hospital patient, and lexicographical researcher.
William Chester Minor, American surgeon and linguist (died 1920)
1834
Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Polish poet and author (died 1908)
Jadwiga Łuszczewska was a Polish poet, novelist and salonniére. She was born and died in Warsaw.
Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Polish poet and author (died 1908)
1834
Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (died 1917)
Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack was a Dutch legal scholar, economist and historian, who is best known for his work De socialisten: Personen en stelsels.
Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (died 1917)
1834
Jan Neruda, Czech journalist and poet (died 1891)
Jan Nepomuk Neruda was a Czech journalist, writer, poet and art critic; one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of the "May School".
Jan Neruda, Czech journalist and poet (died 1891)
1834
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American-English painter and illustrator (died 1903)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He es…
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American-English painter and illustrator (died 1903)
1834
Edgar Degas, French painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 1917)
Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.
Edgar Degas, French painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 1917)
1834
Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (died 1879)
Miguel María Grau Seminario was a Peruvian Navy officer and politician renowned for his role in the War of the Pacific. He earned the nickname "Gentleman of the Seas" for his kind …
Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (died 1879)
1834
Marshall Field, American businessman, founded Marshall Field's (died 1906)
Marshall Field was an American entrepreneur and the founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago-based department stores.
Marshall Field, American businessman, founded Marshall Field's (died 1906)
1834
Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer (died 1906)
Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American aviation pioneer, astronomer and physicist who invented the bolometer. He was the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a profe…
Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer (died 1906)
1834
William Carey, English minister and missionary (born 1761)
William Carey was an English Christian missionary, Particular Baptist minister, translator, social reformer and cultural anthropologist who founded the Serampore College and the Se…
William Carey, English minister and missionary (born 1761)
1834
Joseph Bové, Russian architect, designed the Triumphal Arch of Moscow (born 1784)
Joseph Bové, also Joseph Jean-Baptiste Charles de Beauvais or Osip Ivanovich Bove, was an Italian-Russian neoclassical architect who supervised the reconstruction of Moscow after i…
Joseph Bové, Russian architect, designed the Triumphal Arch of Moscow (born 1784)
1834
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (died 1904)
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was a French sculptor and painter. He is best known for designing Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty, in New York Ci…
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (died 1904)
1834
John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher (died 1923)
John Venn, FRS, FSA was an English mathematician, logician and philosopher noted for introducing Venn diagrams, which are used in logic, set theory, probability, statistics, and co…
John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher (died 1923)
1834
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (born 1757)
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French military officer and politician who volunteered to join …
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (born 1757)
1834
Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American diplomat (born 1763)
Edmond-Charles Genêt, also known as Citizen Genêt, was the French envoy to the United States appointed by the Girondins during the French Revolution. His actions on arriving in the…
Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American diplomat (born 1763)
1834
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English philosopher, poet, and critic (born 1772)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with…
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English philosopher, poet, and critic (born 1772)
1834
Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (born 1793)
Harriet Arbuthnot was an early 19th-century English diarist, social observer and political hostess on behalf of the Tory party. During the 1820s she was the closest woman friend of…
Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (born 1793)
1834
Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (born 1752)
Joseph Marie Charles dit Jacquard was a French weaver and merchant. He played an important role in the development of the earliest programmable loom, which in turn played an import…
Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (born 1752)
1834
A race riot in Philadelphia destroyed African-American businesses and killed two people.
The 1834 Philadelphia race riot, also known as the Flying Horses riot, was an instance of communal violence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The riot, in which a mob o…
A race riot in Philadelphia destroyed African-American businesses and killed two people.
1834
Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (born 1802)
Husein Gradaščević (Husein-kapetan), also known as Zmaj od Bosne, was an Ottoman Bosnian military commander who led an uprising against the Tanzimat, a system of political reforms …
Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (born 1802)
1833
A revolt broke out in southern Vietnam against Emperor Minh Mang, who had desecrated the deceased mandarin Le Van Duyet
The Lê Văn Khôi revolt was an important revolt in 19th-century Vietnam, in which southern Vietnamese, Vietnamese Catholics, French Catholic missionaries and Chinese settlers under …
A revolt broke out in southern Vietnam against Emperor Minh Mang, who had desecrated the deceased mandarin Le Van Duyet
1833
The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated
The Constitution of 1833 was the constitution used in Chile from 1833 to 1925 when it was replaced by the Constitution of 1925. One of the most long-lived constitutions of Latin Am…
The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated
1833
Lê Văn Khôi along with 27 soldiers stage a mutiny taking over the Phiên An citadel, developing into the Lê Văn Khôi…
Lê Văn Khôi was the adopted son of the Vietnamese general Lê Văn Duyệt. He led the 1833–1835 Lê Văn Khôi revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng, but died in 1834.
Lê Văn Khôi along with 27 soldiers stage a mutiny taking over the Phiên An citadel, developing into the Lê Văn Khôi…