Explore 418 historical events from 1830–1839.
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian and American mystic and writer who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. She gained an internationa…
Helena Blavatsky, Russian theosophist and scholar (died 1891)
Salomon Jadassohn was a German pianist, composer, and teacher at the Leipzig Conservatory.
Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer (died 1902)
John Jones Ross was a Canadian politician. Ross served as the seventh premier of Quebec and later as a member of the Senate of Canada.
John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (died 1901)
Ernest Noel, FGS was Member of Parliament (MP) for the Scottish seat of Dumfries Burghs from 1874 to 1886. He was chairman of the Artizans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company fr…
Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (died 1931)
Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger was a German astronomer born at Simmozheim, Württemberg. He studied at the University of Tübingen. In 1798, he was appointed professor of…
Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer and mathematician (born 1765)
John Abernethy was an English surgeon. He is popularly remembered for having given his name to the Abernethy biscuit, a coarse-meal baked good meant to aid digestion.
John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist (born 1764)
Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz was a Baltic German physician, naturalist, and entomologist. He was one of the earliest scientific explorers of the Pacific region, making s…
Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (born 1793)
Jedediah Strong Smith was an American clerk, transcontinental pioneer, frontiersman, hunter, trapper, author, cartographer, mountain man and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the We…
Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (born 1799)
Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. While in command…
William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish-English admiral (born 1756)
Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Bentham was an English mechanical engineer and naval architect credited with numerous innovations, particularly related to naval architecture, includin…
Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (born 1757)
Sarah Siddons was a Welsh actress, the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as "tragedy personified".
Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress (born 1755)
Hans Karl Friedrich Anton Graf von Diebitsch-Sabalkanski und Narten was a Prussian-born soldier serving as Russian field marshal. His dynasty is of Silesian origin. He stands among…
Hans Karl von Diebitsch, German-Russian field marshal (born 1785)
Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, commonly known as Baron vom Stein, was a Prussian statesman who introduced the Prussian reforms, which paved the way for the unification …
Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Prussian minister and politician (born 1757)
Count Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron was a French military figure in the service of, first, the Kingdom of France, and later the Russian Empire.
Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (born 1763)
August Wilhelm Antonius Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau was a Prussian field marshal. He was a prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian military and the War of Liberation.
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (born 1760)
Marie-Sophie Germain was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. Despite initial opposition from her parents and difficulties presented by society, she gained education…
Sophie Germain, French mathematician and physicist (born 1776)
Konstantin Pavlovich was a grand duke of Russia and the second son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. He was the heir presumptive for most of his elder brother A…
Konstantin Pavlovich, grand duke of Russia and the son of Emperor Paul I of Russia (born 1779)
James Monroe was an American Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. He was the last Founding Father to serve as president as well…
James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (born 1758)
Maria Szymanowska was a Polish composer and one of the first professional virtuoso pianists of the 19th century. She toured extensively throughout Europe, especially in the 1820s, …
Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist (born 1789)
Ferenc Kazinczy was a Hungarian author, poet, translator, neologist, an agent in the regeneration of the Hungarian language and literature at the turn of the 19th century. Today hi…
Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (born 1759)
Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir James Clark Ross was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who explored both the North and South Poles. In the Arctic, he participated in two expeditions le…
British explorer James Clark Ross led the first expedition to reach the north magnetic pole
Wallachia is a geographical region of modern-day Romania, as well as one of the two historical Romanian principalities that laid the foundation for the establishment of the modern …
Wallachian officials adopted the Regulamentul Organic, which engendered a period of reforms that provided for the…
The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, sometimes referred to colloquially as the "Crab and Winkle Line", was an early British railway that opened in 1830 between Canterbury and Whi…
The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the…
Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia