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Prince Yoshinobu Tokugawa was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the 15th and last shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was part of a movement which aimed to reform the aging shogunat…
Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (died 1913)
Harriet Powers was an American folk artist and quilter born into slavery in rural northeast Georgia. Powers used traditional appliqué techniques to make quilts that expressed local…
Harriet Powers, American folk artist and quilter (died 1910)
Joseph Grimaldi was an English actor, comedian and dancer, who became the most popular English entertainer of the Regency era. In the early 19th century, he expanded the role of Cl…
Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer (born 1779)
Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi was an Italian poet, philosopher, essayist, and philologist. Considered the greatest Italian poet of the 19th ce…
Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (born 1798)
François Marie Charles Fourier was a French philosopher, an influential early socialist thinker, and one of the founders of utopian socialism. Some of his views, held to be radical…
Charles Fourier, French philosopher and academic (born 1772)
Samuel Wesley was an English organist and composer in the late Georgian period. Wesley was a contemporary of Mozart (1756–1791) and was called by some "the English Mozart", a title…
Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (born 1766)
Ivan Ivanovich Dmitriev was a Russian statesman. He was also a poet associated with the sentimentalist movement in Russian literature.
Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (born 1760)
In April 1837, a fire broke out in the Indian city of Surat, then under British East India Company rule. It resulted in more than 500 deaths and the destruction of 9,737 houses in …
A fire broke out in Surat, India, which went on to destroy about 75% of the city
Daaga, also known as Donald Stewart, was an African man who was executed for his role in the St. Joseph Mutiny in the British colony of Trinidad in 1837.
Daaga and two other African soldiers in the British Army's 1st West India Regiment were executed for their role in the…
Johann Nepomuk Hummel was an Austrian composer and pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era. He was among Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart a…
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (born 1778)
The term Yankee and its contracted form Yank have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States. Their various meanings depend on the context, and…
Tensions between Yankees and Irish Americans in Boston, Massachusetts, erupted in the Broad Street Riot
Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days, which was longer than those of …
Queen Victoria (pictured) acceded to the British throne, beginning a 63-year reign
The Grand Junction Railway (GJR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846. The line built by the company, which opened in 1837, linke…
The Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway with steam traction, opened between Birmingham and…
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Repres…
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The Texas Revolution was a rebellion by Anglo-American immigrants as well as Hispanic Texans against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. T…
Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican Gene
The Ancient Order of Hibernians is an Irish Catholic fraternal organization. Members must be male, Catholic, and either born in Ireland or of Irish descent. Its largest membership …
Formation of Ancient Order of Hibernians
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…
Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse
The Battle of Vegkop, alternatively spelled as Vechtkop, took place on 16 October 1836 near the present day town of Heilbron, Free State, South Africa. After an impi of about 600 M…
Great Trek: Afrikaner voortrekkers repulse a Matabele attack, but lose their livestock.
The Texas Revolution was a rebellion by Anglo-American immigrants as well as Hispanic Texans against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. T…
Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify Mexican General
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
The Fly-Fisher's Entomology, Illustrated by Coloured Representations of the Natural and Artificial Insect and Accompanied by a Few Observations and Instructions Relative to Trout-a…
The Fly-fisher's Entomology is published by Alfred Ronalds. The book transformed the sport and went to many editions.
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often simply called the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France. It is located at the western end of the Champs-Élysé…
Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
Max Eyth was a German engineer and writer.
Max Eyth, German engineer and author (died 1906)