Explore 418 historical events from 1830–1839.
The University of Durham, which operates under the trading name of Durham University, is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament…
Durham University established by Act of Parliament; the first recognized university to be founded in England since…
Ibrahim Pasha was an Egyptian general and politician; he was the commander of both the Egyptian and Ottoman armies and the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, the Ottoman Wāli and unrecogn…
An Egyptian army under Ibrahim Pascha defeats an Ottoman army under Mehmed Pascha in the battle of Hims.
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. He rose to fame as a U.S. Army general and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. His politica…
U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
Hubert Howe Bancroft was an American historian and ethnologist who wrote, published, and collected works concerning the Western United States, Texas, California, Alaska, Mexico, Ce…
Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian (died 1918)
Juris Alunāns was a Latvian writer and philologist in the Russian Empire. He was one of the first contributors of the Latvian language. He was one of the members of the Young Latvi…
Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and author (died 1864)
Rudolf Otto Sigismund Lipschitz was a German mathematician who made contributions to mathematical analysis and differential geometry, as well as number theory, algebras with involu…
Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (died 1903)
James Watney Jr. was a prominent member of the Watney family and a Conservative Member of Parliament for East Surrey.
James Watney, Jr
Zenas Ferry Moody was the seventh governor of Oregon from 1882 to 1887.
Zenas Ferry Moody, American surveyor and politician, 7th Governor of Oregon (died 1917)
The British Medical Association (BMA) is a registered trade union and professional body for doctors in the United Kingdom. It does not regulate or certify doctors, a responsibility…
The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings…
The Treaty of Constantinople signed on 21 July 1832 and was the product of the London Conference of 1832 which opened in February 1832 with the participation of the Great Powers on…
Signature of the treaty of Constantinople between the Britain, France, Russia and the Ottoman Empire, which outlines…
Ibrahim Pasha was an Egyptian general and politician; he was the commander of both the Egyptian and Ottoman armies and the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, the Ottoman Wāli and unrecogn…
An Egyptian army under Ibrahim Pascha defeats a larger Ottoman army in the battle of Belen Pass.
The Treaty of Constantinople signed on 21 July 1832 and was the product of the London Conference of 1832 which opened in February 1832 with the participation of the Great Powers on…
Signing of the treaty of Constantinople between Britain, France, Russia and the Ottoman Empire, which outlines the…
Mahkatêwe-meshi-kêhkêhkwa, known in English as Black Hawk, was a Sauk leader and warrior who lived in what is now the Midwestern United States. Although he had inherited an importa…
Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities, ending the Black Hawk War.
Alexandre Charles Lecocq was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéras comiques. He became the most prominent successor to Jacques Offenbach in this sphere, and enjoyed…
Charles Lecocq, French pianist and composer (died 1918)
Sir Edwin Arnold was an English poet and journalist. He is best known for his 1879 work, The Light of Asia.
Edwin Arnold, English poet and journalist (died 1904)
Nicolaus August Otto was a German engineer who successfully developed the compressed charge internal combustion engine which ran on petroleum gas and led to the modern internal com…
Nicolaus Otto, German engineer (died 1891)
Stephen Mosher Wood was an American politician. He Wood represented Chase County, Kansas in the Kansas House of Representatives in 1871 and 1875, and was a member of the Kansas Sen…
Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (died 1920)
Sir William Crookes was an English chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, now part of Imperial College London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pion…
William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (died 1919)
Lucy Petway Holcombe Pickens was a 19th-century American socialite of Tennessee and Texas, known during and after her lifetime as the "Queen of the Confederacy". She was also a Fir…
Lucy Pickens, American wife of Francis Wilkinson Pickens (died 1899)
Pavel Petrovich Chistyakov was a Russian painter and art teacher, active in St. Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo from Tsar Alexander II's reign through the Civil War days. He is known…
Pavel Chistyakov, Russian painter and educator (died 1919)
Maximilian I was an Austrian archduke who became emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution by the Mexican Republic on 19 June 1867.
Maximilian I of Mexico (died 1867)
Alvan Graham Clark was an American astronomer and telescope-maker.
Alvan Graham Clark, American astronomer (died 1897)
Charilaos Trikoupis was a Greek politician who served as a Prime Minister of Greece seven times from 1875 until 1895.
Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1896)
George Lemuel Woods was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Woods served as the third governor of Oregon from 1866 to 1870. Failing to win …
George Lemuel Woods, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd Governor of Oregon (died 1890)