Explore 418 historical events from 1830–1839.
Tobias Michael Carel Asser was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar. In 1911, he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the establishment of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at th…
Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1913)
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated United States president Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the pro…
John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (died 1865)
The United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842 was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands conducted by the United States. The origina…
The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads.
Félix Jules Méline was a French statesman, Prime Minister of France from 1896 to 1898.
Jules Méline, French lawyer and politician, 65th Prime Minister of France (died 1925)
Amaldus Clarin Nielsen was a Norwegian painter.
Amaldus Nielsen, Norwegian painter (died 1932)
Henry Sidgwick was an English utilitarian philosopher and economist and is best known in philosophy for his utilitarian treatise The Methods of Ethics. His work in economics has al…
Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (died 1900)
Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Russia was a great-granddaughter of Emperor Paul I of Russia and the wife of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, the elder.
Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (died 1900)
Prince Yamagata Aritomo was a Japanese statesman and general who twice served as prime minister of Japan, in 1889–1891 and 1898–1900. He was a leading member of the genrō, a group …
Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese Field Marshal and politician, 3rd and 9th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1922)
Frederic Archer was a British composer, conductor and organist, born in Oxford. He moved to the US in 1880, where he established the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Frederic Archer, English organist, composer, and conductor (died 1901)
Cushman Kellogg Davis was an American Republican politician who served as the seventh governor of Minnesota and as a U.S. senator from Minnesota.
Cushman Kellogg Davis, American lieutenant and politician, 7th Governor of Minnesota (died 1900)
Jan Alojzy Matejko was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works include large scale oi…
Jan Matejko, Polish painter (died 1893)
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was a Bengali novelist, poet, essayist and journalist. He was the author of the 1882 Bengali language novel Anandamath, which is one of the landmarks o…
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (died 1894)
Peter Paul von Mauser was a German weapon designer, manufacturer, industrialist and politician.
Paul Mauser, German weapon designer, designed the Gewehr 98 (died 1914)
Vatroslav Jagić was a Croatian scholar of Slavic studies in the second half of the 19th century.
Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian philologist and scholar (died 1923)
Eli Lilly was an American Union Army officer, pharmacist, chemist, and businessman who founded Eli Lilly and Company.
Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company (died 1898)
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was a German general and later inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships. His name became synonymous with airships and dominated long-distance flight unt…
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company (died 1917)
John Augustin Daly was one of the most influential men in American theatre during his lifetime. Drama critic, theatre manager, playwright, and adapter, he became the first recogniz…
Augustin Daly, American playwright and manager (died 1899)
William Paine Lord was an American Republican politician who served as the ninth governor of Oregon from 1895 to 1899. The Delaware native previously served as the 27th justice of …
William Paine Lord, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Oregon (died 1911)
Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, was a British statesman and author. In a ministerial career stretching almost 30 years, he was most notably twice Secretary for Scotland und…
Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, English civil servant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (died…
Édouard Juda Colonne was a French conductor and violinist, and a champion of the music of Berlioz and other eminent 19th-century composers.
Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (died 1910)
Silas Stillman Soule was an American abolitionist, teenage conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and early example of what would later be called a "whistleblower…
Silas Soule, American soldier and whistleblower of the Sand Creek Massacre (died 1865)
Antoine Louis Dugès was a French obstetrician and naturalist born in Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes. He was the father of zoologist Alfredo Dugès (1826–1910), and a nephew to midwi…
Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (born 1797)
Auguste René Caillié was a French explorer and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu. Caillié had been preceded at Timbuktu by a British officer, Major Gordo…
René Caillié, French explorer and author (born 1799)
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French secularized clergyman, statesman, and leading diplomat. After studying theo…
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1754)