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Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (died 1890)
Edmond Hébert, French geologist, was born at Villefargau, Yonne.
Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (died 1890)
The 1810s
Explore 509 historical events from 1810–1819.
1812
Ivan Goncharov, Russian journalist and author (died 1891)
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)
1812
Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
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: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
1812
War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
The War of 1812 was a conflict initiated by the United States against the United Kingdom and its allies fought mainly in North America and at sea during the wider Napoleonic Wars. …
War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
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War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia,…
The War of 1812 was a conflict initiated by the United States against the United Kingdom and its allies fought mainly in North America and at sea during the wider Napoleonic Wars. …
War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia,…
1812
Peninsular War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long…
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: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long…
1812
War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
The War of 1812 was a conflict initiated by the United States against the United Kingdom and its allies fought mainly in North America and at sea during the wider Napoleonic Wars. …
War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
1812
War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's…
The War of 1812 was a conflict initiated by the United States against the United Kingdom and its allies fought mainly in North America and at sea during the wider Napoleonic Wars. …
War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's…
1812
James Hope-Scott, English lawyer and academic (died 1873)
James Robert Hope-Scott was a British barrister and Tractarian.
James Hope-Scott, English lawyer and academic (died 1873)
1812
Thomas Lanier Clingman, American general and politician (died 1897)
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)
1812
Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (died 1880)
Nikolay Nikolaevich Zinin was a Russian organic chemist.
Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (died 1880)
1812
Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1869)
Bertalan Szemere was a Hungarian poet and nationalist who became the third Prime Minister of Hungary during the short period of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 when Hungary was in…
Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1869)
1812
French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, is fought near Moscow…
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812, was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of forc…
French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, is fought near Moscow…
1812
War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
The War of 1812 was a conflict initiated by the United States against the United Kingdom and its allies fought mainly in North America and at sea during the wider Napoleonic Wars. …
War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
1812
Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the…
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–15) were a global series of conflicts fought by a fluctuating array of European coalitions against the French First Republic (1803–04) under the First Con…
Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the…
1812
The Grande Armée under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow during the failed French invasion of Russia.
The Grande Armée was the primary field army of the French Imperial Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Commanded by Napoleon, from 1804 to 1812 it won a series of military victories t…
The Grande Armée under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow during the failed French invasion of Russia.
1812
War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
The War of 1812 was a conflict initiated by the United States against the United Kingdom and its allies fought mainly in North America and at sea during the wider Napoleonic Wars. …
War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
1812
Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (died 1878)
Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy was an English historian and jurist.
Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (died 1878)
1812
Richard March Hoe, American engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press (died 1886)
Richard March Hoe was an American inventor from New York City who designed a rotary printing press identical to Josiah Warren's original invention, and related advancements, includ…
Richard March Hoe, American engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press (died 1886)
1812
Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, Dutch novelist (died 1886)
Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint was a Dutch novelist.
Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, Dutch novelist (died 1886)
1812
Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (died 1880)
Herschel Vespasian Johnson was an American politician. He was the 41st governor of Georgia from 1853 to 1857 and the vice presidential nominee of the Douglas wing of the Democratic…
Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (died 1880)
1812
The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the…
During the French occupation of Moscow, a fire persisted from 14 to 18 September 1812 and all but destroyed the city. The Russian troops and most of the remaining civilians had aba…
The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the…
1812
Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer and academic (died 1910)
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)
1812
Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston, American writer (died 1899)
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)