Explore 394 historical events from 1800–1809.
Hermann Schlegel was a German ornithologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist.
Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (died 1884)
Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher, also known as Endlicher István László, was an Austrian botanist, numismatist and Sinologist. He was a director of the Botanical Garden of Vie…
Stephan Endlicher, Austrian botanist, numismatist, and sinologist (died 1849)
Willard Richards was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He served as second counselor to church president Brigham Young in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesu…
Willard Richards, American religious leader (died 1854)
Charles Gordon Greene was an American journalist.
Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician (died 1886)
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil, best known by her pen name George Sand, was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. Being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or H…
George Sand, French author and playwright (died 1876)
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (died 1864)
Emma Hale Smith Bidamon was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement and a prominent member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as well as the fir…
Emma Smith, American religious leader (died 1879)
Sir Richard Owen was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkable gift for…
Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (died 1892)
Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach was a German philosopher and anthropologist who was a leading figure among the Young Hegelians. He is best known for his 1841 book, The Essence of Christia…
Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (died 1872)
Eduard Friedrich Mörike was a German Lutheran pastor who was also a Romantic poet and writer of novellas and novels. Many of his poems were set to music and became established folk…
Eduard Mörike, German pastor, poet, and academic (died 1875)
John Gould was an English ornithologist who published monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward …
John Gould, English ornithologist and illustrator (died 1881)
Louis-Désiré Maigret, SS.CC., served as the first vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands, now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. Born in Saint-Pier…
Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (died 1882)
Johann Adam Hiller was a German composer, conductor and writer on music, regarded as the creator of the Singspiel, an early form of German opera. In many of these operas he collabo…
Johann Adam Hiller, German composer and conductor (born 1728)
Maria Amalia was duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla by marriage to Ferdinand I, Duke of Parma. She was born an archduchess of Austria as the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa…
Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma (born 1746)
Admiral of the White Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan was a Royal Navy officer who served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleo…
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish admiral (born 1731)
Margaret Shippen was the second wife of General Benedict Arnold. She has been described as "the highest-paid spy in the American Revolution".
Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (born 1760)
Richard Somers was an officer of the United States Navy, killed during an assault on Tripoli during the First Barbary War.
Richard Somers, American lieutenant (born 1778)
Karl Ludwig Harding was a German astronomer, who discovered Juno, the third asteroid of the main-belt in 1804.
German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding discovered one of the largest main-belt asteroids, naming it Juno after the…
Alexander Hamilton was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 under the presidency of…
Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1755)
Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the…
Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the Corps of Discovery left Camp Dubois near present-day Hartford, Illinois,
L'Aigle is a L6 meteorite that fell on 26 April 1803 over L'Aigle, Lower Normandy, France, during a meteor shower. Before the event, it was generally believed that meteorites were …
Thousands of meteor fragments fall from the skies of L'Aigle, France; the event convinces European scientists that meteo
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Miss…
Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a global series of conflicts fought by a fluctuating array of European coalitions against the French First Republic (1803–1804) under the First…
Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France
The Haitian Revolution, also known as the Haitian War of Independence, was a successful insurrection by enslaved Africans against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the so…
Haitian Revolution: The Royal Navy led by Rear-Admiral John Thomas Duckworth commence the blockade of Saint-Domingue aga