Explore 317 historical events from 1810–1819.
Abner Doubleday was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of …
Abner Doubleday, American general (died 1893)
Thomas Dunn English was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the state's 6th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1891 to …
Thomas Dunn English, American poet, playwright, and politician (died 1902)
Charles-Louis Hanon was a French piano pedagogue and composer. He is best known for his work The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises, which is still used today for modern piano teachi…
Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer (died 1900)
Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. He confirmed explorer John Rae…
Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer (died 1907)
Elias Howe Jr. was an American inventor best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing machine.
Elias Howe, American inventor, invented the sewing machine (died 1867)
Gottfried Keller was a Swiss poet and writer of German literature. Best known for his novel Green Henry and his cycle of novellas called Seldwyla Folks, he became one of the most p…
Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright (died 1890)
Justin Holland was an American classical guitarist, a music teacher, a community leader, an African American man who worked to help slaves on the Underground Railroad, and an activ…
Justin Holland, American guitarist and educator (died 1887)
Mary Moser was an English painter who was one of the most celebrated female artists in 18th-century Britain. One of only two female founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, M…
Mary Moser, English painter and academic (born 1744)
Kamehameha I, also known as Kamehameha the Great, was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The state of Hawaii gave a statue of him to the National Statuary Hall…
Kamehameha I, king of the Hawaiian Islands (born 1738)
The Public Universal Friend was an American preacher born in Cumberland, Rhode Island, to Quaker parents. After suffering a severe illness in 1776, the Friend claimed to have died …
The Public Universal Friend, American evangelist (born 1752)
Admiral Sir William Cornwallis, was a Royal Navy officer and politician. Cornwallis took part in a number of decisive battles including the siege of Louisbourg in 1758, when he was…
William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician (born 1744)
The 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake occurred at about 18:45 to 18:50 local time on 16 June 1819. It had an estimated magnitude ranging from 7.7 to 8.2 on the moment magnitude scale a…
A strong earthquake in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India, caused a local zone of uplift that dammed the Nara River, w
The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, and the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house. Together, the Senate…
The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty, limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain
Heinrich Göbel was a German-born American precision mechanic and inventor also known by his anglicized name Henry Goebel. In 1848 he immigrated to New York City, where he resided u…
Heinrich Göbel, German-American mechanic and engineer (died 1893)
Alexander II was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination on 13 March 1881. He is also known as Alexander the Liberato…
Alexander II of Russia (died 1881)
Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley was a Canadian politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation. Tilley was descended from United Empire Loyalists on both sides of his family. As a pha…
Samuel Leonard Tilley, Canadian pharmacist and politician, 3rd Premier of New Brunswick (died 1896)
Augustin-Jean Fresnel was a French civil engineer and physicist whose research in optics led to the almost unanimous acceptance of the wave theory of light, fully supplanting Newto…
French physicist Augustin Fresnel signs his preliminary "Note on the Theory of Diffraction" (deposited on the following
The Flag Acts are three laws that sought to define the design of the flag of the United States. All the submitted suggestions were remarkably short, the shortest being a sentence o…
US Flag Act of 1818 goes into effect creating a 13 stripe flag with a star for each state. New stars would be added on…
Augustin-Jean Fresnel was a French civil engineer and physicist whose research in optics led to the almost unanimous acceptance of the wave theory of light, fully supplanting Newto…
French physicist Augustin Fresnel submits his prizewinning "Memoir on the Diffraction of Light", precisely accounting…
Ezra Otis Kendall (1818–1899) was an American professor, astronomer and mathematician. He was known for his work in uranography.
Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (died 1899)
William George Fargo was an American businessman and politician who founded Wells Fargo and Company, originally shipping, mail delivery, a stagecoach line, and banking, now Wells F…
William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express (died 1881)
Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville was a French essayist and biographer, and a member of the House of Broglie, a distinguished French family. A granddaughter of the noveli…
Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville, French essayist and biographer (died 1882)
Amelia Jenks Bloomer was an American newspaper editor, women's rights and temperance advocate. Even though she did not create the women's clothing reform style known as bloomers, h…
Amelia Bloomer, American journalist and activist (died 1894)
James Anthony Froude was an English historian, novelist, biographer, and editor of Fraser's Magazine. From his upbringing amidst the Anglo-Catholic Oxford Movement, Froude intended…
James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (died 1894)