Explore 131 historical events from 1800–1809.
George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan,, styled Lord Bingham before 1839, was an Anglo-Irish peer and military officer. He was one of three men, along with Louis Nolan and Lord …
George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician (died 1888)
Louis Christophe François Hachette was a French publisher who established a Paris publishing house designed to produce books and other material to improve the system of school inst…
Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (died 1864)
Prince Roman Adam Stanisław Sanguszko (1800–1881) was a Polish aristocrat, patriot, political and social activist.
Roman Sanguszko, Polish general (died 1881)
John Brown was an American abolitionist in the decades preceding the Civil War. First reaching national prominence in the 1850s for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleedin…
John Brown, American abolitionist (died 1859)
José María Rómulo Díaz de la Vega Fuentes was a Mexican military officer and politician. As commander of the garrison in Mexico City, he was the de facto president of Mexico in 185…
Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (died 1877)
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose was a French Catholic and senator. He was the last surviving cardinal to have been born in the 18th century.
Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, French cardinal (died 1883)
Sir Edward Deas Thomson was a Scotsman who became an administrator and politician in Australia, and was chancellor of the University of Sydney.
Edward Deas Thomson, Australian educator and politician, Chief Secretary of New South Wales (died 1879)
William Cowper was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter.
William Cowper, English poet (born 1731)
Niccolò Piccinni was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera. Although he is somewhat obscure today, Piccinni was one of the most popular composer…
Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (born 1728)
Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy was a Russian general and military theorist in the service of the Russian Empire.
Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (born 1729)
The Library of Congress is a research library in Washington, D.C., serving as the library and research service for the United States Congress and the de facto national library of t…
The Library of Congress (building pictured), the de facto national library of the United States, was established as part