Explore 317 historical events from 1810–1819.
Eugène Charles Catalan was a French and Belgian mathematician who worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics. His notable contributions in…
Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (died 1894)
Paweł Bryliński was a Polish folk-sculptor. He is perhaps best known for a series of works concerning Holy Week.
Paweł Bryliński, Polish sculptor (died 1890)
Anton Nuhn was a German anatomist.
Anton Nuhn, German anatomist and academic (died 1889)
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée MIF FRS FRSE was a French geologist, best known for applying experimental methods to structural geology. He served as the director of the École des Mines as…
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and engineer (died 1896)
Charles Frederick Beyer was a celebrated German-British locomotive designer and builder, and co-founder of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He was the co-founder and head e…
Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded Beyer, Peacock & Company (died 1876)
Sir Robert Richard Torrens,, also known as Robert Richard Chute Torrens, was an Irish-born parliamentarian, writer, and land reformer. After a move to London in 1836, he became pro…
Robert Richard Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (died 1884)
Didrik Ferdinand Didrichsen was a Danish botanist and physicist.
Ferdinand Didrichsen, Danish botanist and physicist (died 1887)
Samuel Colt was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commerc…
Samuel Colt, American businessman, founded the Colt's Manufacturing Company (died 1862)
Joséphine Bonaparte was the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I and as such Empress of the French from 18 May 1804 until their marriage was annulled on 10 January 1810. As Napoleon's …
Joséphine de Beauharnais, French empress, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (born 1763)
Captain Matthew Flinders was an English Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He…
Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer (born 1774)
USRC Surveyor was a 6-gun cutter of the United States Revenue-Marine captured by British forces during the War of 1812. Despite the vessel's loss, the "gallant and desperate" defen…
Capture of USRC Surveyor
James McCune Smith was an American physician, apothecary, abolitionist and author. He was the first African American to earn a medical degree. His M.D. was awarded by the Universit…
James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author (died 1865)
Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam was a French Catholic literary scholar, lawyer, journalist and equal rights advocate. He founded with fellow students the Conference of Charity, later known…
Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar (died 1853)
Caroline Leigh Gascoigne was a 19th-century English poet and novelist from London. The daughter of a wealthy banker, she began writing at an early age and went on to publish severa…
Caroline Leigh Gascoigne, English novelist and poet (died 1883)
Montgomery Blair was an American politician and lawyer from Maryland. He served in the Lincoln administration cabinet as Postmaster-General from 1861 to 1864, during the Civil War.…
Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (died 1883)
Daniel Pollen was an Irish-New Zealand politician who became the ninth premier of New Zealand, serving from 6 July 1875 to 15 February 1876.
Daniel Pollen, Irish-New Zealand politician, 9th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1896)
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States declared war on Britain o…
War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York
William Lawson, MLC was a British soldier, explorer, land owner, grazier and politician. In 1800, he migrated to Sydney, New South Wales, and from 1819, he served as the commandant…
William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Aus
In the Battle of Bautzen, a combined Prusso-Russian army, retreating after their defeat at Lützen and massively outnumbered, was pushed back by Napoleon but escaped destruction. So…
Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco was a Venezuelan military officer and statesman who led what are currently the countries of Bolivia, Col…
South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El
The War of 1812 was a conflict initiated by the United States against the United Kingdom and its allies fought mainly in North America and at sea during the wider Napoleonic Wars. …
War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George
William Lawson, MLC was a British soldier, explorer, land owner, grazier and politician. In 1800, he migrated to Sydney, New South Wales, and from 1819, he served as the commandant…
In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end o
Otto Jahn was a German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music.
Otto Jahn, German archaeologist and philologist (died 1869)
Joseph Autran was a French poet.
Joseph Autran, French poet and author (died 1877)