Explore 418 historical events from 1830–1839.
Julius Lothar Meyer was a German chemist. He was one of the pioneers in developing the earliest versions of the periodic table of the chemical elements. The Russian chemist Dmitri …
Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (died 1895)
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist born in Auxerre, Burgundy and best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series, which eventually …
Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (born 1768)
Swaminarayan, also known as Sahajanand Swami, was a yogi and ascetic believed by followers to be a manifestation of Krishna or the highest manifestation of Purushottama, around who…
Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (born 1781)
Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá, known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho", was a Venezuelan general and politician who served as the president of Bolivia from 1825 to 1828. A close …
Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (born 1795)
George IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830. At the time of his accession to the throne, …
George IV of the United Kingdom (born 1762)
A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and other European countries, but usage of the term dates only from c. 1800. The term Mother Goose rhymes is i…
The nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was first published as a poem by Sarah Josepha Hale
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…
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The invasion of Algiers was a large-scale military operation by which the Kingdom of France, ruled by King Charles X, invaded and conquered the Regency of Algiers. A diplomatic inc…
Algiers surrendered to French invaders, ending the Regency of Algiers (coat of arms pictured).
James Thompson was an American surveyor who created the first plat of Chicago. Born in South Carolina, Thompson moved to Kaskaskia in southern Illinois as a young man and lived in …
American surveyor James Thompson produced the first plat of Chicago for the Illinois and Michigan Canal Commissioners.
Tom Thumb was the first American-built steam locomotive to operate on a common-carrier railroad. It was designed and constructed by Peter Cooper in 1829 to convince owners of the n…
Tom Thumb (replica pictured), the first American-built steam locomotive, took part in an impromptu race against a…