Explore 504 historical events from 1800–1809.
Friedrich August von Quenstedt was a German geologist and palaeontologist.
Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (died 1889)
Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy was a Canadian socio-political activist and former Catholic priest who left the Catholic Church and converted to Protestant Christianity, becomi…
Charles Chiniquy, Canadian-American priest and theologian (died 1899)
William Barret "Buck" Travis was a Texian Army officer and lawyer. He is known for helping set the Texas Revolution in motion during the Anahuac disturbances and defending the Alam…
William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer (died 1836)
John Kirk Townsend was an American naturalist, ornithologist and collector.
John Kirk Townsend, American ornithologist and explorer (died 1851)
Hannibal Hamlin was an American politician and diplomat who was the 15th vice president of the United States, serving from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first te…
Hannibal Hamlin, American publisher and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (died 1891)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers …
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician and author (died 1894)
Manuel Francisco Antonio Julián Montt Torres was a Chilean statesman and scholar who was twice elected President of Chile between 1851 and 1861. He was the first civilian to serve …
Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (died 1880)
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson was an English poet. He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829 he was awarded the Chancellor's G…
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (died 1892)
Juliusz Słowacki was a Polish Romantic poet. He is considered one of the "Three Bards" of Polish literature — a major figure in the Polish Romantic period, and the father of modern…
Juliusz Słowacki, Polish poet and playwright (died 1849)
Alvan Wentworth Chapman was an American physician and pioneering botanist in the study of flora of the American Southeast. He wrote Flora of the Southern United States, the first c…
Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (died 1899)
James Clark was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who led the College of the Holy Cross during the American Civil War as president from 1861 to 1867. Born in Pennsylvania, he …
James Clark, American Jesuit (died 1885)
Volney Erskine Howard was an American lawyer, statesman, and jurist.
Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and statesman, Texas Attorney General (died 1889)
Bernhard Peter Schott was a German clarinetist and music publisher. He founded the predecessor of Schott Music, a major German music publishing company which continues to this day.
Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (born 1748)
Beilby Porteus, successively Bishop of Chester and of London, was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist in England. He was the first Anglican in a position of aut…
Beilby Porteus, English bishop (born 1731)
Josef Leopold Auenbrugger or Avenbrugger, also known as Leopold von Auenbrugger, was an Austrian physician who invented percussion as a diagnostic technique. On the strength of thi…
Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (born 1722)
Franz Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was pivotal in the evolution of chamber music forms like the string quartet and piano trio. His contribution…
Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (born 1732)
Jean Lannes, 1st Duke of Montebello, Prince of Siewierz, was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic …
Jean Lannes, French general (born 1769)
Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard was a Danish neoclassical and royal history painter, sculptor, architect, and professor of painting, mythology, and anatomy at the New Royal Danish Acade…
Nicolai Abildgaard, Danish neoclassical and history painter, sculptor and architect (born 1743)
Thomas Paine was an English-born American Founding Father, inventor, political philosopher, and statesman. His pamphlets Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783) fra…
Thomas Paine, English-American theorist and author (born 1737)
Joseph Quesnel was a French Canadian composer, poet and playwright. Among his works were two operas, Colas et Colinette and Lucas et Cécile; the former is considered to be the firs…
Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (born 1746)
Antoine-Charles-Louis, Comte de Lasalle was a French cavalry general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Often called "The Hussar General," he first gained fame fo…
Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, French general (born 1775)
Nicodemus the Hagiorite or Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain was a Greek ascetic monk, mystic, theologian, and philosopher, venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. His li…
Nicodemus the Hagiorite, Greek monk and saint (born 1749)
Richard Beckett was an English amateur cricketer and a captain in the Coldstream Guards during the Napoleonic Wars.
Richard Beckett, English cricketer and captain (born 1772)
Count Mikhail Fedotovich Kamensky was a Russian nobleman and a noted field marshal, who distinguished himself in the Catherinian wars and the Napoleonic campaigns.
Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (born 1738)