Explore 154 historical events from 1810–1819.
Karl Marx was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He developed the theory of historical materialism, analyzing class strug…
Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist (died 1883)
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)
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt was a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields. His best known work is The Civilization of …
Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (died 1897)
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)
Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard was an American military officer known for being the Confederate general who started the American Civil War at the Battle of Fort Sumter on April …
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Louis Léon César Faidherbe was a French general and colonial administrator. He created the Senegalese Tirailleurs when he was governor of Senegal.
Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician, Governor of Senegal (died 1889)
Paul Revere was an American silversmith, military officer and industrialist who played a major role during the opening months of the American Revolutionary War in Massachusetts, en…
Paul Revere, American engraver and soldier (born 1735)
Matthew Gregory Lewis was an English novelist and dramatist, whose writings are often classified as "Gothic horror". He was frequently referred to as "Monk" Lewis, because of the s…
Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (born 1775)
Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly was a Russian field marshal who figured prominently in the Napoleonic Wars.
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (born 1761)
Manuel Xavier Rodríguez Erdoíza was a Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader, considered one of the founders of independent Chile. Rodríguez was of Basque descent.
Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (born 1785)
John Albion Andrew was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He was elected in 1860 as the 25th Governor of Massachusetts, serving between 1861 and 1866, and led th…
John Albion Andrew, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1867)
The Court of King's Bench, formally known as The Court of the King Before the King Himself, was a court of common law in the English legal system. Created in the late 12th to early…
Four days after the Court of King's Bench upheld an English murder suspect's right to a trial by battle in Ashford v Tho
Friends Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived
Alexander Kaufmann was a German poet and folklorist from Bonn.
Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator (died 1893)
Debendranath Tagore was an Indian philosopher and religious reformer, active in the Brahmo Samaj. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1842. He was the founder in 1848 of the Brahmo relig…
Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (died 1905)
Manuel Robles Pezuela was a military engineer, military commander, and eventually interim president of Mexico during a civil war, the Reform War, being waged between conservatives …
Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president (died 1862)
Princess Clémentine of Orléans was the sixth child and youngest daughter of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French and Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies. She was the mother of Ferdina…
Princess Clémentine of Orléans(died 1907)
Littleport is a town in East Cambridgeshire, in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Ely and 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Welney, …
A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs, and the riots spread
Thomas Hazlehurst was known nationally as "the Chapel Builder" and more locally as "the Prince of Methodism" or "the Prince of the Wesleyans". He was given these titles because of…
Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect and philanthropist (died 1876)
Bogoslav Šulek was a Croatian philologist, historian and lexicographer. He was very influential in creating Croatian terminology in the areas of social and natural sciences, techno…
Bogoslav Šulek, Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer (died 1895)
Charlotte Nicholls, commonly known by her maiden name Charlotte Brontë, was an English novelist and poet, and was the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë. She is best k…
Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (died 1855)
Charles Denis Sauter Bourbaki was a French general.
Charles-Denis Bourbaki, French general (died 1897)
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze was a German-born American history painter, best known for his 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school o…
Emanuel Leutze, German-American painter (died 1868)