Explore 317 historical events from 1810–1819.
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he…
Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (died 1888)
George Knight Teulon was a 19th-century English-Texian journalist and freemason who was a cofounder and the editor of The Austin City Gazette, the first newspaper published in Aust…
George K
Sir Robert Richard Torrens,, also known as Robert Richard Chute Torrens, was an Irish-born parliamentarian, writer, and land reformer. After a move to London in 1836, he became pro…
Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (died 1884)
The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by the Iberian nations Spain and Portugal, along with the United Kingdom, against the invading and occupying forc…
Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War: Battle of Salamanca: British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of…
Johann Gottfried Galle was a German astronomer from Radis, Germany, at the Berlin Observatory who, on 23 September 1846, with the assistance of student Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, was…
Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer and academic (died 1910)
Edmond Hébert, French geologist, was born at Villefargau, Yonne.
Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (died 1890)
Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov was a Russian novelist best known for his novels The Same Old Story, Oblomov (1859), and The Precipice. He also served in many official capacities, in…
Ivan Goncharov, Russian journalist and author (died 1891)
Anna Cabot Quincy Waterston was a 19th-century American writer from Massachusetts. The youngest daughter of Boston's mayor and Harvard University president Josiah Quincy III, she w…
Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston, American writer (died 1899)
James Robert Hope-Scott was a British barrister and Tractarian.
James Hope-Scott, English lawyer and academic (died 1873)
Thomas Lanier Clingman, known as the "Prince of Politicians," was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845…
Thomas Lanier Clingman, American general and politician (died 1897)
Spencer Perceval was a British statesman and barrister who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1809 until his assassination in May 1812. He is the only British pr…
Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1762)
Hieronymus Joseph Franz de Paula Graf Colloredo von Wallsee und Melz was Prince-Bishop of Gurk from 1761 to 1772 and Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1772 until 1803, when the pr…
Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (born 1732)
Spencer Perceval was a British statesman and barrister who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1809 until his assassination in May 1812. He is the only British pr…
Spencer Perceval was shot in the lobby of the House of Commons, becoming the only British prime minister to be assassina
The Conference of Dresden was a May 1812 gathering of European leaders arranged by Napoleon I of France as part of his preparations for the invasion of Russia. It was intended as …
The Conference of Dresden began, an attempt by Napoleon to secure support for his planned invasion of Russia
The First French Empire declared war on Russian Empire on 22 June [O.S. 10 June] 1812, starting Napoleon's invasion two days later. The declaration of war was presented in a diplom…
France declared war on Russia, starting Napoleon's invasion two days later
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: Led by Napoleon, the French Grande Armée crossed the Neman, beginning their invasion of Russia
The Battle of Las Piedras was fought on May 18, 1811 as part of the Rio de la Plata war of independence. It was a resounding victory for the revolutionary forces, led by José Gerva…
Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José
The Carlton House Fête was hosted on 19 June 1811 by the Prince Regent, the future George IV, at his London residence Carlton House. Ostensibly held to honour the exiled Louis XVII…
The Carlton House Fête is held in London to celebrate the establishment of the Regency era
Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor, commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican Catholic p…
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua City,…
Alson Smith Sherman served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1844–1845) as an Independent Democrat.
Alson Sherman, American merchant and politician, 8th Mayor of Chicago (died 1903)
Andreas Laskaratos was a satirical poet and writer from the Ionian island of Cefalonia, representative of the Heptanese school. He was excommunicated by the Greek Orthodox Church b…
Andreas Laskaratos, Greek satirical poet and writer (died 1901)
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington was a British Army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the earl…
The Anglo-Portuguese army under Lord Wellington tries to halt a larger French army under Marshal Masséna marching to rel
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country located in the central region of South America. It borders Bolivia to the northwest and north, Brazil to the …
Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanis
The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by the Iberian nations Spain and Portugal, along with the United Kingdom, against the invading and occupying forc…
Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom fight an inconclusive battle against the French at the Alb