Explore 482 historical events from 1820–1829.
Joseph Joubert was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées (Thoughts), which were published posthumously.
Joseph Joubert, French author (born 1754)
Capel Lofft was a British lawyer, writer and amateur astronomer.
Capel Lofft, English lawyer (born 1751)
Charles-François Lebrun, 1st duc de Plaisance was a French statesman who served as Third Consul of the French Republic and was later created Arch-Treasurer by Napoleon I.
Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, French lawyer and politician (born 1739)
Étienne Aignan was a French translator, political writer, librettist and playwright. In 1814 he was made a member of the Académie française, succeeding Bernardin de Saint-Pierre in…
Étienne Aignan, French playwright and translator (born 1773)
Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu, commonly known as Agustín de Iturbide and later by his regnal name Agustín I, was the first Emperor of Mexico from 1822 until his abdic…
Agustín de Iturbide, Mexican general and emperor (born 1783)
Vice-Admiral Thomas Macnamara Russell was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Russell is best remember…
Thomas Macnamara Russell, English admiral
Louis XVIII, known as the Desired, was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. Before his reign, he spent 23 years in exi…
Louis XVIII of France (born 1755)
Israel Bissell, also spelled Bissel, was a patriot post rider who delivered mail between Boston, Massachusetts and New York.
Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (born 1752)
Hugh Glass was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, trader, hunter and explorer. He is best known for his story of survival and forgiveness after being left for dead by companion…
American fur trapper Hugh Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear while on an expedition in South Dakota.
Ferdinand Gotthold Max Eisenstein was a German mathematician who made significant contributions to number theory and analysis. Born in Berlin, Prussia, to Jewish parents who conver…
Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (died 1852)
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada y Corral was a Mexican liberal politician and jurist who served as the 31st president of Mexico from 1872 to 1876.
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician, President of Mexico (died 1889)
Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld, was an English-born New Zealand politician and colonial administrator of various British colonies and territories located in Oceania and Southeast Asia…
Frederick Weld, English-New Zealand politician, 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1891)
The Brazilian War of Independence was an armed conflict that led to the separation of Brazil from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. The war was fought across…
Brazilian War of Independence: A Brazilian squadron led by Lord Cochrane engages a Portuguese squadron under João de Cam
The Mexican Empire was a constitutional monarchy and the first independent government of Mexico. It was also the only former viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire to establish a monarc…
The five Central American nations of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica declare independence…
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population and the 5th-largest by area. Bahia's…
Bahia Independence Day: The Siege of Salvador ends Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese…
John H. Balsley was a master carpenter and inventor, inventing a practical folding wooden stepladder and receiving the first U.S. patent issued for a safety stepladder in the year.
John H
Gédéon Ouimet was a French-Canadian politician.
Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (died 1905)
Jean Chacornac was a French astronomer and discoverer of a comet and several asteroids.
Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (died 1873)
Sir Louis-Napoléon Casault was a Quebec lawyer, judge, professor and political figure. He represented Bellechasse in the 1st Canadian Parliament from 1867 to 1870 as a Conservative…
Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1908)
The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls is one of Rome's four major papal basilicas, along with the basilicas of Saint John in the Lateran, Saint Peter's, and Saint Mary…
A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy.
Joseph Smith Jr. was an American religious and political leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. Publishing the Book of Mormon at the age of 24, Smit…
Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place…
Ahmed Vefik Pasha was an Ottoman statesman, diplomat, scholar, playwright, and translator during the Tanzimat and First Constitutional Era periods. He was commissioned with top-ran…
Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek-Ottoman statesman, diplomat, playwright, and translator (died 1891)
Carin Sophie Adlersparre, known by her pen-name Esselde, was a Swedish feminist, writer and publisher who was one of the pioneers of the 19th-century women's rights movement in Swe…
Sophie Adlersparre, Swedish publisher, writer, and women's rights activist (died 1895)
Leander Clark was an American businessman, Iowa state legislator, Union Army officer during the Civil War, and Indian agent who was the namesake for Leander Clark College.
Leander Clark, American businessman, judge, and politician (died 1910)