Explore 154 historical events from 1810–1819.
The May Revolution was a week-long series of events that took place from 18 to 25 May 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. This Spanish colony …
May Revolution: Citizens of Buenos Aires expel Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros during the "May Week", starting the
John Putnam Chapin served as the 10th Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1846–1847) for the Whig Party.
John Putnam Chapin, American politician, 10th Mayor of Chicago (died 1864)
Thomas Adolphus Trollope was an English writer who was the author of more than 60 books. He lived most of his life in Italy creating a renowned villa in Florence with his first wif…
Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author (died 1892)
Hans Christian Lumbye was a Danish composer of waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and galops, among other things.
Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (died 1874)
Sarah Margaret Fuller, sometimes referred to as Margaret Fuller Ossoli, was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the Amer…
Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (died 1850)
Abraham Geiger was a German rabbi and scholar who is considered the founding father of Reform Judaism and the academic field of Quranic studies. Emphasizing Judaism's constant deve…
Abraham Geiger, German rabbi and scholar (died 1874)
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)
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)
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
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