Explore 274 historical events from 1800–1809.
Samson Raphael Hirsch was a German Orthodox rabbi best known as the intellectual founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz school of contemporary Orthodox Judaism. Occasionally termed n…
Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (died 1888)
Ygnacio Ramón de Jesus del Valle was a Californio ranchero and politician. He owned much of the Santa Clarita Valley and served briefly as Mayor of Los Angeles and as a California …
Ygnacio del Valle, Mexican-American landowner (died 1880)
Gérard de Nerval, was the pen name of Gérard Labrunie, a French travel writer, essayist, poet, and translator. He was a major figure during the era of French romanticism, and best …
Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (died 1855)
Jefferson F. Davis was the only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, leading the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Before the war, he was a member of the…
Jefferson Davis, American colonel and politician, President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 - 1865 (died
Alexander William Doniphan was a 19th-century American attorney, soldier and politician from Missouri who is best known today as the man who prevented the summary execution of Jose…
Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and colonel (died 1887)
Henry Edward Manning was an English prelate of the Catholic Church, and the second Archbishop of Westminster from 1865 until his death in 1892. He was ordained in the Church of Eng…
Henry Edward Manning, English cardinal (died 1892)
Simion Bărnuțiu was a Romanian historian, academic, philosopher, jurist, and liberal politician. A leader of the 1848 revolutionary movement of Transylvanian Romanians, he represen…
Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian, academic, and politician (died 1864)
Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis was a French physiologist, Freemason, materialist philosopher and leading idéologue.
Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (born 1757)
Elijah Craig was an American Baptist preacher, who became an educator and capitalist entrepreneur in the area of Virginia that later became the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He has som…
Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (born 1738)
Richard Hurd was an English divine and writer, and bishop of Worcester.
Richard Hurd, English bishop (born 1720)
Ludwik Skumin Tyszkiewicz was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic) and Field Lithuanian Hetman from 1780 to 1791, Grand Treasurer of Lithuania from 1791, Great Lithuanian Marsh…
Ludwik Tyszkiewicz, Polish poet and politician (born 1748)
Selim III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Regarded as an enlightened ruler, he was eventually deposed and imprisoned by the Janissaries, who placed his cous…
Selim III, Ottoman sultan (born 1761)
The Slave Trade Act 1807, or the Abolition of Slave Trade Act 1807, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom prohibiting the Atlantic slave trade in the British Empire. A…
The Slave Trade Act 1807 takes effect, abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire
Kabakçı Mustafa was a rebel leader who caused the delay of Ottoman reformation in the early 19th century.
Outbreak of the Kabakçı Mustafa rebellion in response to intentions of sultan Selim III to reform the Ottoman army
Mustafa IV was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808.
Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam
A grand jury is a jury empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought. A grand jur…
A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason
Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hu…
Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Ka
The Chesapeake–Leopard affair was a naval engagement off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on June 22, 1807, between the British fourth-rate HMS Leopard and the American frigate USS …
In the Chesapeake–Leopard affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake
The British invasions of the River Plate were two unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish colony of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, located around the…
Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelocke lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aire
The Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. In 1812, both sides made peace just as Napoleon's invasion of Russia was about to co…
Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American paleontologist and geologist (died 1873)
James Findlay Schenck was a rear admiral in the United States Navy who served in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. His younger brother, Robert C. Schenck, was a …
James F
Ante Kuzmanić was a Croatian physician and journalist.
Ante Kuzmanić, Croatian physician and journalist (died 1879)
Friedrich Theodor Vischer was a German novelist, poet, playwright, and writer on the philosophy of art. Today, he is mainly remembered as the author of the novel Auch Einer, in whi…
Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German author, poet, and playwright (died 1887)