Explore 202 historical events from 1830–1839.
The Treaties of Velasco were two documents, one private and the other public, signed in Fort Velasco on May 14, 1836 between General Antonio López de Santa Anna and the Republic …
The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas
The London Working Men's Association was an organisation established in London in 1836. It was one of the foundations of Chartism, advocating for universal male suffrage, equally-p…
The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement
Joseph Gurney Cannon was an American politician from Illinois and a leader of the Republican Party. Cannon represented parts of Illinois in the United States House of Representativ…
Joseph Gurney Cannon, American lawyer and politician, 40th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1
Friedrich August Wilhelm Baumfelder was a German composer of classical music, conductor, and pianist. He started in the Leipzig Conservatory, and went on to become a well-known com…
Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1916)
Alexander Mitscherlich was a German chemist and son of Eilhard Mitscherlich.
Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist and academic (died 1918)
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was an English physician and suffragist. She is known for being the first woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon and as a co-founder and …
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and politician (died 1917)
Wesley Merritt was an American major general who served in the cavalry of the United States Army during the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish–American War. Foll…
Wesley Merritt, American general and politician, Military Governor of the Philippines (died 1910)
John Littlejohn was an English-born American tradesman, Methodist preacher and politician. Born in Penrith, Cumberland, he briefly attended trade school in London before returning …
John Littlejohn, American sheriff and Methodist preacher (born 1756)
André-Marie Ampère was a French physicist and mathematician who was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as electrodynamics. He ma…
André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (born 1775)
The Republic of Texas, or simply Texas, was a short-lived sovereign country in North America from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. Texas was bordered by Mexico to the west and …
Forces of the Republic of Texas led by Sam Houston defeated the Mexican troops of Antonio López de Santa Anna in the Bat
Francis Baily was an English astronomer. He is most famous for his observations of "Baily's beads" during a total eclipse of the Sun. Baily was also a major figure in the early his…
English astronomer Francis Baily observed Baily's beads (example pictured), a phenomenon during a solar eclipse in which
James Gordon Bennett Sr. was a British-born American businessman who was the founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald and a major figure in the history of American news…
James Gordon Bennett, Sr
Julius Leopold Fredrik Krohn was a Finnish folk poetry researcher, professor of Finnish literature, poet, hymn writer, translator and journalist. He was born in Viipuri and was of …
Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (died 1888)
Bertalan Székely was a Hungarian history and portrait painter who worked in the Romantic and Academic styles.
Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (died 1910)
Sir Thomas McIlwraith was for many years the dominant figure of colonial politics in Queensland. He was Premier of Queensland from 1879 to 1883, again in 1888, and for a third time…
Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (died 1900)
Belgium was heavily involved in the early development of railway transport. Belgium was the second country in Europe, after Great Britain, to open a railway and produce locomotives…
The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen
Charles N. Sims was an American Methodist preacher and the third chancellor of Syracuse University, serving from 1881 to 1893. Sims Hall and Sims drive on the Syracuse campus is na…
Charles N
František Chvostek was a Czech-Austrian military physician and lecturer in internal medicine. He published articles on a wide variety of medical disorders but is most notable for h…
František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian physician and academic (died 1884)
Alfred Austin was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896, after an interval following the death of Tennyson, when the other candidates had either caused controvers…
Alfred Austin, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1913)
Hijikata Toshizō was a Japanese swordsman of the Bakumatsu period and Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi. As Vice-Commander, he served the Tokugawa Shogunate and co-led his group …
Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (died 1869)
Pope Pius X was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 until his death in August 1914. He was known for opposing modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, and for pro…
Pope Pius X (died 1914)
Rebecca Ann Felton was an American writer, politician, white supremacist, and slave owner who was the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, serving for only one day.
Rebecca Latimer Felton, American educator and politician (died 1930)
John Nash was a British architect of the Georgian and Regency eras. He was responsible for the design, in the neoclassical and picturesque styles, of many important areas of London…
John Nash, English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion (born 1752)
Gian Domenico Romagnosi was an Italian philosopher, economist and jurist.
Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (born 1761)