1810
Adolphe-Félix Cals, French painter (died 1880)
Adolphe-Félix Cals was a French portrait, genre, and landscape painter.
Adolphe-Félix Cals, French painter (died 1880)
The 1810s
Explore 620 historical events from 1810–1819.
1810
Cassius Marcellus Clay, American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 1903)
Cassius Marcellus Clay was an American planter, politician, military officer and abolitionist who served as the United States ambassador to Russia from 1863 to 1869.
Cassius Marcellus Clay, American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 1903)
1810
Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (died 1871)
Paul Kane was an Irish-born Canadian painter whose paintings and especially field sketches were known as one of the first visual documents of Western indigenous life. Paul Kane gre…
Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (died 1871)
1810
Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (died 1865)
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer detailed studies of Victorian society, i…
Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (died 1865)
1810
Henry Jerome de Salis, English priest (born 1740)
Henry Jerome de Salis, DD, FRS, FSA, was an English churchman. He was Rector of St. Antholin in the City of London and Vicar of Wing in Buckinghamshire. He was also known as: Revd …
Henry Jerome de Salis, English priest (born 1740)
1810
Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat and spy (born 1728)
Charlotte d'Éon de Beaumont, usually known as the Chevalière d'Éon or the Chevalier d'Éon, was a French diplomat, spy, and soldier. D'Éon fought in the Seven Years' War, and spied …
Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat and spy (born 1728)
1810
Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher (born 1765)
Luigi Schiavonetti was an Italian reproductive engraver and etcher.
Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher (born 1765)
1810
Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (born 1755)
Hans Axel von Fersen, also known as Axel von Fersen the Younger and as Axel de Fersen in France, was a Swedish count, military officer, courtier, ambassador, Marshal and Lord of th…
Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (born 1755)
1810
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (born 1740)
The Montgolfier brothers – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier – were aviation pioneers, balloonists and paper manufacturers from the commune Annonay in Ardèc…
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (born 1740)
1810
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prussian queen (born 1776)
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William III. The couple's happy, though short-lived, marriage produced nine children, including th…
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prussian queen (born 1776)
1810
Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (born 1725)
Étienne Louis Geoffroy was a French entomologist and pharmacist. He was born in Paris and died in Soissons. He followed the binomial nomenclature of Carl von Linné and devoted hims…
Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (born 1725)
1810
Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de…
Santiago Antonio María de Liniers y Bremond, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, KOM, OM was a Spanish military officer and a viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. Although bor…
Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de…
1810
Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician (born 1740)
Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet was a British merchant, banker and politician. A member of the Baring family, he became the first of the Baring baronets.
Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician (born 1740)
1810
Alfred Moore, American captain and judge (born 1755)
Alfred Moore was an American judge, lawyer, planter and military officer who became an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Moore Square, a park located in …
Alfred Moore, American captain and judge (born 1755)
1810
Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian religious leader, founded the Breslov Hasidic group (born 1772)
Nachman of Breslov, also known as Rabbi Nachman of Breslev, Rabbi Nachman miBreslev, Reb Nachman of Bratslav, Reb Nachman Breslover, and Nachman from Uman, was the founder of the B…
Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian religious leader, founded the Breslov Hasidic group (born 1772)
1810
Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Bagatelle No
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. Mentored during the Classical period, he incorporated more complex structure and emotion in his later works. Beethoven's mus…
Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Bagatelle No
1810
The Primera Junta, the first independent government in Argentina, was established in an open cabildo in Buenos Aires, ma
The Primera Junta or Junta Provisional Gubernativa de las Provincias del Río de la Plata, is the most common name given to the first government of what would eventually become Arge…
The Primera Junta, the first independent government in Argentina, was established in an open cabildo in Buenos Aires, ma
1810
Journalist Mariano Moreno published Argentina's first newspaper, the Gazeta de Buenos-Ayres
Mariano Moreno was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician. He played a decisive role in the Primera Junta, the first national government of Argentina, created after the Ma…
Journalist Mariano Moreno published Argentina's first newspaper, the Gazeta de Buenos-Ayres
1810
Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811: A French frigate squadron under Guy-Victor Duperré defeated a convoy of three British…
The Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 was a minor military campaign of the Napoleonic Wars fought between British and French forces over France's Indian Ocean colonies of Isle de Fra…
Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811: A French frigate squadron under Guy-Victor Duperré defeated a convoy of three British…
1810
Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeated the Royal Navy, preventing them from capturing the harbour of Grand Port on…
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 Navy defeated the Royal Navy, preventing them from capturing the harbour of Grand Port on…