Explore 385 historical events from 1820–1829.
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence fought by Greek revolutionaries against the …
Greek War of Independence: Konstantinos Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian naval…
The Peruvian War of Independence was a series of military conflicts in Peru from 1809 to 1826. Part of the broader Spanish American wars of independence, it led to the dissolution …
Peruvian War of Independence: Patriot forces led by Simón Bolívar defeat the Spanish Royalist army in the Battle of…
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French military officer and politician who volunteered to join …
The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and…
Edmund Kirby Smith was a Confederate States Army general, who oversaw the Trans-Mississippi Department from 1863 to 1865. Before the American Civil War, Smith served as an officer …
Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (died 1893)
Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and also was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
Cadmus M
Ambrose Everts Burnside was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the American Civil War and a three-time governor of Rhode Island, as well a…
Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (died 1881)
Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke was a German composer, conductor, and pianist in the mid-Romantic era.
Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1910)
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin was a Scottish mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer.
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (died 1907)
Paul Pierre Broca was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. He is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe that is named after him. Bro…
Paul Broca, French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (died 1880)
Eugène Louis Boudin was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors. Boudin was a marine painter, and expert in the rendering of all that goes upon the sea and alo…
Eugène Boudin, French painter (died 1898)
Alexandre Dumas fils was a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias, published in 1848, which was adapted into Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 ope…
Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (died 1895)
John J. Robison (1824–1897) was a 19th-century Michigan politician who was the mayor of Ann Arbor from 1886 to 1887. He also served as a state senator and county clerk.
John J. Robison, American politician in Michigan (died 1897)
John Simpson Chisum was a wealthy cattle baron on the frontier in the American West in the mid-to-late 19th century. As a rancher, he established large herds throughout the New Mex…
John Chisum, American businessman (died 1884)
John Simpson Chisum was a wealthy cattle baron on the frontier in the American West in the mid-to-late 19th century. As a rancher, he established large herds throughout the New Mex…
John Chisum, American cattle baron (died 1884)
Antonio Stoppani was an Italian Catholic priest, patriot, geologist and palaeontologist. He studied the geology of the Italian region and wrote a popular treatise, Il Bel Paese, on…
Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and scholar (died 1891)
Martha Darley Mutrie was a British painter. Her paintings consisted mostly of fruit and flowers. She grew up in Manchester, England, and studied at the Manchester School of Design.…
Martha Darley Mutrie, British painter (died 1885)
Joseph Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his symphonies and sacred music, which includes Masses, Te Deum and motets. The symphonies are considered…
Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist and composer (died 1896)
Jaime Nunó Roca was a Spanish composer from Catalonia who composed the music for the Mexican national anthem.
Jaime Nunó, Spanish-American composer, conductor, and director (died 1908)
William Sellers was a mechanical engineer, manufacturer, businessman, noted abolitionist, and inventor who filed more than 90 patents, most notably the design for the United States…
William Sellers, American engineer, inventor, and businessperson (died 1905)
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, was a British poet. He was one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest British poets. Among…
Lord Byron, English-Scottish poet and playwright (born 1788)
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)