Explore 317 historical events from 1810–1819.
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
A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one b…
The earliest form of bicycle, the dandy horse, is driven by Karl von Drais
Rome is a city in Oneida County, New York, United States, located in the central part of the state. The population was 32,127 at the 2020 census. Rome is one of two principal citie…
In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
Alexander Kaufmann was a German poet and folklorist from Bonn.
Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator (died 1893)
The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes spanning the Canada–United States border. The five lakes are Su…
The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched
The Schäffer affair was a diplomatic episode instigated in 1815 by Georg Anton Schäffer who attempted to seize the Kingdom of Hawaii for the Russian Empire. After two years, his sc…
Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer…
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)
Patrick Branwell Brontë was an English poet and artist. He was the only son of the Brontë literary family, and brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne.
Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (died 1848)
Marie Louise von François was a German writer, best known for her historical novel Die letzte Reckenburgerin (1871). She was a friend and correspondent of Marie von Ebner-Eschenbac…
Louise von François, German author (died 1893)
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For 20 years he serve…
Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (died 1911)
Albert von Kölliker was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, and histologist.
Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (died 1905)
Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living …
Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (died 1862)
Alvin Saunders was a U.S. senator from Nebraska, as well as the final and longest-serving governor of the Nebraska Territory, a tenure he served during most of the American Civil W…
Alvin Saunders, Territorial Governor and Senator from Nebraska (died 1899)
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, KCMG, LLD, FRSE was an English civil engineer specialising in the construction of railways and railway infrastructure. In the 1850s and 1860s, he was …
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (died 1898)
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art. Baptized as Hovhannes Aivazian, he was born to Armenian …
Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian-Russian painter and illustrator (died 1900)
Martin Georg Emil Körber was a Baltic German pastor, composer, writer and choir leader.
Martin Körber, German pastor, composer, and conductor (died 1893)
Thomas McKean was an American lawyer, politician, and Founding Father. During the American Revolution he was a Delaware delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where …
Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (born 1734)
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein, commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a prominent Genevan and French novelist, woman of letters, philosopher, and political theorist in bot…
Germaine de Staël, French philosopher and author (born 1766)
Jane Austen was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
Jane Austen, English novelist (born 1775)
Georg Anton Schäffer was a German medical doctor in the employ of the Russian-American Company who attempted to conquer Hawaii for the Company and, ultimately, the Russian Empire. …
Georg Anton Schäffer was forced to depart for China after his unsuccessful attempt to seize the Hawaiian Kingdom for…
William Windham Sadler was an English balloonist. His father was aviation pioneer James Sadler, and, after an education in engineering, Sadler followed in his father's footsteps. H…
Windham William Sadler made the first successful aerial crossing of the Irish Sea, which he accomplished by balloon.
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