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Charles Baudin, was a French admiral, whose naval service extended from the First Empire through the early days of the Second Empire.
Charles Baudin, French admiral (born 1792)
Karl Friedrich Eichhorn was a German jurist.
Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German academic and jurist (born 1781)
Georg Simon Ohm was a German mathematician and physicist. As a school teacher, Ohm began his research with the new electrochemical cell, invented by Italian scientist Alessandro Vo…
Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (born 1789)
Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army off…
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1768)
Carl Gottlieb Samuel Heun, better known by his pen name Heinrich Clauren, was a German author.
Heinrich Clauren, German author (born 1771)
Macedonio Melloni was an Italian physicist, notable for demonstrating that radiant heat has similar physical properties to those of light. His works earned him the Rumford Medal an…
Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (born 1798)
Karl Andreas Bernbrunn (1787–1854), known by the stage name Carl Carl, was a Kraków-born actor and theatre director.
Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (born 1787)
Shiranui Dakuemon was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Uto, Higo Province. He was the sport's 8th yokozuna, and is the only yokozuna in history to have been demoted.
Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (born 1801)
Thomas Clayton was an American lawyer and politician from Dover in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the National Republican Party and the Wh…
Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (born 1777)
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas, passed b…
The Kansas–Nebraska Act became law, establishing the U
A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine driving paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. Earlier ships that are driven by a paddle wheel …
The paddle steamer SS Arctic sank after a collision with SS Vesta 50 miles (80 km) off the coast of Newfoundland,…
Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses…
Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses and 15 nuns were sent to the Ottoman Empire to help treat wounded…
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia from October 1853 to February 1856. Geopolitical causes of…
Crimean War: The ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade was decisively repelled by Russian forces during the Battle of…
Joaquin Murrieta Carrillo, also called the Robin Hood of the West or the Robin Hood of El Dorado, was a Mexican figure of disputed historicity. The novel The Life and Adventures of…
Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
Auguste Febvrier-Despointes was a French counter admiral. He served as the first commandant of New Caledonia from 24 September 1853 to 1 January 1854.
Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
Winthrop Murray Crane was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served as the 40th governor of Massachusetts from 1900 to 1903 and represented that state in t…
Winthrop M
François Élie Jules Lemaître was a French critic and dramatist.
Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (died 1914)
Jacob Michailovitch Gordin was a Russian-American playwright active in the early years of Yiddish theater. He is known for introducing realism and naturalism into Yiddish theater.
Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin, Ukrainian-American journalist, actor, and playwright (died 1909)
Dennis Joseph "Dan" Brouthers was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball whose career spanned the period from 1879 to 1896, with a brief return in 1904. Nicknamed "Big …
Dan Brouthers, American baseball player and manager (died 1932)
The Great Indian Peninsula Railway was a predecessor of the Central Railway, whose headquarters was at the Boree Bunder in Mumbai. The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company was in…
The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane
The Perry Expedition was a diplomatic and military expedition in two separate voyages to the Tokugawa shogunate (徳川幕府) by warships of the United States Navy. The goals of this expe…
The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are hel…
Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia from October 1853 to February 1856. Geopolitical causes of…
The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, known as Godefroy Cavaignac, was a French politician.
Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (died 1905)