Explore 629 historical events from 1840–1849.
Gustave Caillebotte was a French painter who was a member and patron of the Impressionists, although he painted in a more realistic manner than many others in the group. Caillebott…
Gustave Caillebotte, French painter and engineer (died 1894)
Melville Elijah Stone was an American newspaper publisher, the founder of the Chicago Daily News, and was the general manager of the reorganized Associated Press.
Melville Elijah Stone, American publisher, founded the Chicago Daily News (died 1929)
Andrew Onderdonk was an American construction contractor who worked on several major projects in the West, including the San Francisco seawall in California and the Canadian Pacifi…
Andrew Onderdonk, American surveyor and contractor (died 1905)
Auguste-Henri Forel was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and former eugenicist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of …
Auguste Forel, Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist (died 1931)
Lewis Howard Latimer was an American inventor and patent draftsman. His inventions included an evaporative air conditioner, an improved process for manufacturing carbon filaments …
Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (died 1928)
Mary Jane Lee was an American actress of the stage and screen.
Jennie Lee, American actress (died 1925)
Benjamin Henry Jesse Francis Shepard was a composer, pianist and writer who used the pen name Francis Grierson.
Francis Grierson, English-American pianist and composer (died 1927)
Henry Walters was noted as an art collector and philanthropist, a founder of the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland, which he donated to the city in his 1931 will for the b…
Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (died 1931)
Henry Lerolle was a French painter, art collector and patron, born in Paris. He studied at Académie Suisse and in the studio of Louis Lamothe.
Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (died 1929)
Guido Karl Anton List, better known as Guido von List, was an Austrian occultist, journalist, playwright, and novelist. He expounded a modern Pagan new religious movement known as …
Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist and poet (died 1919)
Pierre Chrétien De Geyter was a Belgian-French socialist and composer, best known for composing the music of "The Internationale" in Lille, in industrial northern France.
Pierre De Geyter, Belgian composer (died 1932)
Sir Byron Edmund Walker, CVO was a Canadian banker. He was the president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce from 1907 to 1924, and a generous patron of the arts, helping to found and…
Byron Edmund Walker, Canadian banker and philanthropist (died 1924)
Carlo Emery was an Italian entomologist. He is remembered for Emery's rule, which states that insect social parasites are often closely related to their hosts.
Carlo Emery, Italian entomologist (died 1925)
Karl Emil Franzos was a popular Austrian novelist of the late 19th century. His works, both reportage and fiction, concentrate on the multi-ethnic corner of Galicia, Podolia and Bu…
Karl Emil Franzos, Austrian novelist (died 1904)
Chester Ashley was an American politician who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1844 until his sudden death in 1848.
Chester Ashley, American politician (born 1790)
Tom Cribb was an English bare-knuckle boxer of the 19th century. He was All England Champion from 1808 to 1822.
Tom Cribb, English boxer (born 1781)
Baroness Anna Elisabeth Franziska Adolphine Wilhelmine Louise Maria von Droste zu Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, was a 19th-century German Biedermeier poet, noveli…
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (born 1797)
Eugénie de Guérin was a French writer and the sister of the poet Maurice de Guérin.
Eugénie de Guérin, French author (born 1805)
Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este was an Electress of Bavaria as the second wife of Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria.
Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Electress of Bavaria (born 1776)
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the 19th century. Descended from an old aristocr…
François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician (born 1768)
Jöns Jacob Berzelius was a Swedish chemist. Berzelius is considered, along with Robert Boyle, John Dalton, and Antoine Lavoisier, to be one of the founders of modern chemistry. Ber…
Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (born 1779)
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victorians as a great example of dil…
George Stephenson, English engineer and academic (born 1781)
Patrick Branwell Brontë was an English poet and artist. He was the only son of the Brontë literary family, and brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne.
Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (born 1817)
Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg was an Austrian and German statesman and historian.
Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (born 1781)