Explore 394 historical events from 1800–1809.
Prudence Crandall was an American schoolteacher and activist. She ran the Canterbury Female Boarding School in Canterbury, Connecticut, which became the first known school for Afri…
Prudence Crandall, American educator (died 1890)
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, nicknamed "the Peacemaker" and "the Iron Duke", was an army officer, politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. Like his father …
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (died 1880)
Sarah Childress Polk was the first lady of the United States from 1845 to 1849. She was the wife of the 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk.
Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (died 1891)
William Knibb, OM was an English Baptist minister and missionary to Jamaica. He is chiefly known today for his work to free enslaved Africans.
William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (died 1845)
Maria Anna of Savoy was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary by marriage to Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria. Born into the House of Savoy, she was the penultimate child and daugh…
Maria Anna of Savoy (died 1884)
Matthew Thornton was an Irish-born Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire.
Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (born 1714)
Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos was a French novelist, official, Freemason and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782…
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (born 1741)
François Devienne was a French composer of the Classical period and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory.
François Devienne, French flute player and composer (born 1759)
Gian Francesco Albani was a Roman Catholic Cardinal. He was a member of the Albani family.
Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (born 1719)
Nicolas Thomas Baudin was a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer best known for his explorations of Australia and the southern Pacific Ocean. He carried a few…
Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (born 1754)
Franz Xaver Süssmayr or Süßmayr, also anglicized as Suessmayr, was an Austrian composer and conductor. Popular in his day, he is now known primarily as the composer who completed W…
Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Austrian composer and director (born 1766)
Robert Emmet was an Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader. Following the suppression of the United Irish uprising in 1798, he sought to organise a renewed attempt in Ireland to…
Robert Emmet, Irish republican (born 1780)
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 fell over L'Aigle, France, becoming a milestone in the understanding of meteorites
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…
The United States purchased France's claim to the Louisiana Territory for 80 million francs, or less than US$
The Law of 20 May 1802 was a decree passed by First Consul Napoleon of the French First Republic on 20 May 1802 that reinstated slavery. It decreed the reinstatement and continuati…
By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the F
Charles Emmanuel IV was King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from 16 October 1796 until 1802, when he abdicated in favour of his brother Victor Emmanuel I.
King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel
Gia Long, born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam, which would rule the unified territories that …
Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.
The Kingdom of Sardinia, also referred to as the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica among other names, was a kingdom in Southern Europe from the late 13th until the mid-19th century. …
France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
Heinrich Gustav Magnus was a German experimental scientist. His training was mostly in chemistry but his later research was mostly in physics. He spent the great bulk of his career…
Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (died 1870)
The Wahhabi sack of Karbala occurred on 21 April 1802, under the rule of Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, the second ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah, where approximately 12,000 Wahh…
Twelve thousand Wahhabis sack Karbala, killing over three thousand inhabitants
Harriet Martineau was an English social theorist. She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte, and, rare for a woman wr…
Harriet Martineau, English sociologist and author (died 1876)
Karl Zittel was a German theologian, who was a prominent figure in 19th century Liberal Protestantism. He was the father of paleontologist Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839–1904).
Karl Zittel, German theologian (died 1871)
Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov was a Russian admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy known for his victory in the Battle of Sinop and his leadership in the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)…
Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (died 1855)
Robert Chambers was a Scottish publisher, geologist, evolutionary thinker, author and journal editor who, like his elder brother and business partner William Chambers, was highly i…
Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (died 1871)