Explore 385 historical events from 1820–1829.
Eise Jeltes Eisinga was a Frisian astronomer who built the Eise Eisinga Planetarium in his house in Franeker, Dutch Republic. The orrery still exists and is the oldest functioning …
Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (born 1744)
Auguste René Caillié was a French explorer and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu. Caillié had been preceded at Timbuktu by a British officer, Major Gordo…
French explorer René Caillié reached Timbuktu in present-day Mali, and later received a 9,000-franc prize from the Socié
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Repres…
The United States Congress passed the largest tariff in the nation's history, which resulted in severe economic hardship
William I was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1815 until his abdication in 1840.
Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord.
José Domingo de la Merced de La Mar y Cortázar was a Peruvian military leader and politician who served as the third President of Peru.
José de La Mar becomes President of Peru.
The Great Fire of Turku was a conflagration in the city of Turku in 1827. It is still the largest urban fire in the history of Finland and the Nordic countries. The city had faced …
The Great Fire of Turku almost completely destroys Finland's former capital city.
Octave Crémazie was a French Canadian poet and bookseller born in Quebec City. Recognized both during and after his lifetime for his patriotic verse and his significant role in the…
Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller (died 1879)
William Nelson Edward Hall was the first Black person, first Nova Scotian, and the third Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross due to his actions in the 1857 Siege of Lucknow, ami…
William Hall, Canadian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1904)
The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its found…
Slavery is abolished in the State of New York.
Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton was a 19th-century French naturalist painter. His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside and his absorption of traditional metho…
Jules Breton, French painter (died 1906)
John Hanning Speke was an English explorer and army officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and, …
John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (died 1864)
Petrus Josephus Hubertus "Pierre" Cuypers was a Dutch architect. His name is most frequently associated with the Amsterdam Central Station (1881–1889) and the Rijksmuseum (1876–188…
Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect, designed the Amsterdam Centraal railway station and Rijksmuseum (died 1921)
Hermann Raster was an American editor, abolitionist, writer, and anti-temperance political boss who served as chief editor and part-owner of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung, a widely c…
Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (died 1891)
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour was a French statesman.
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1896)
William Peter Sprague was a businessman, banker, politician, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, serving from 1871 to 1875.
William P
Samuel Franklin Miller was a United States representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.
Samuel F
Kusumoto Ine was a Japanese physician. She was the first female doctor of Western medicine in Japan.
Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (died 1903)
Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent…
Johanna Spyri, Swiss author, best known for Heidi (died 1901)
Alberto Henschel was a German-born Brazilian photographer born in Berlin. Considered the hardest-working photographer and businessman in 19th-century Brazil, with offices in Pernam…
Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (died 1882)
William Wallace Thayer, was an American Democratic politician active in U.S. states of Idaho and Oregon. Most notably, he served as the sixth governor of Oregon from 1878 to 1882 a…
W. W. Thayer American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Oregon (died 1899)
Mangal Pandey was an Indian soldier who played a key role in the events that led to the Indian Rebellion of 1857, which resulted in the dissolution of the East India Company and th…
Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier (died 1857)
Ezra Butler Eddy was a Canadian businessman and political figure. Born in Vermont, Eddy moved to Canada, where he founded the E. B. Eddy Company, which produced matches and related…
Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1906)
Sir Charles Lilley was a Premier and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland. He had a significant influence on the form and spirit of state education in colonial Queensla…
Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (died 1897)
Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, was the third of five daughters of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg. She was also the wif…
Catherine Mikhailovna, Russian grand duchess (died 1894)