Explore 202 historical events from 1830–1839.
John Bell Hood was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
John Bell Hood, American general (died 1879)
Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards, also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist. Her literary successes included the ghost story "The …
Amelia Edwards, English journalist and author (died 1892)
Thomas J. Higgins was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War who was a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Ba…
Thomas J
Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert,, was the first Premier of Queensland, Australia. At 28 years and 181 days of age, he was the youngest person ever to become premier of an Austral…
Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (died 1905)
James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe ele…
James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (died 1879)
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)
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
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
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government an…
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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…
Beginning of the Invasion of Algiers: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi F
French Algeria, also known as Colonial Algeria, was a colony and later an integral part of France. French rule lasted from the beginning of the French conquest in 1830 until the en…
Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers begin their invasion of Algiers, l
Sarah Emily Davies was an English feminist who founded Girton College, Cambridge. She campaigned as a suffragist and for women's rights to university education. In her early life, …
Emily Davies, British suffragist and educator, co-founder and an early Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge University
Guido Pieter Theodorus Josephus Gezelle was an influential writer and poet and a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium. He is famous for the use of the West Flemish dialect, but he al…
Guido Gezelle, Belgian priest and poet (died 1899)
Otto Staudinger was a German entomologist and a natural history dealer considered one of the largest in the world specialising in the collection and sale of insects to museums, sci…
Otto Staudinger, German entomologist and author (died 1900)
John Batterson Stetson was an American hat maker who invented the cowboy hat in the 1860s. He founded the John B. Stetson Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1865, and it bec…
John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B
Zebulon Baird Vance was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 37th and 43rd governor of North Carolina, a U.S. senator from North Carolina, and a Confederate officer …
Zebulon Baird Vance, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of North Carolina (died 1894)