Explore 335 historical events from 1830–1839.
Rudolf Otto Sigismund Lipschitz was a German mathematician who made contributions to mathematical analysis and differential geometry, as well as number theory, algebras with involu…
Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (died 1903)
James Watney Jr. was a prominent member of the Watney family and a Conservative Member of Parliament for East Surrey.
James Watney, Jr
Zenas Ferry Moody was the seventh governor of Oregon from 1882 to 1887.
Zenas Ferry Moody, American surveyor and politician, 7th Governor of Oregon (died 1917)
Sir Edwin Arnold was an English poet and journalist. He is best known for his 1879 work, The Light of Asia.
Edwin Arnold, English poet and journalist (died 1904)
Nicolaus August Otto was a German engineer who successfully developed the compressed charge internal combustion engine which ran on petroleum gas and led to the modern internal com…
Nicolaus Otto, German engineer (died 1891)
Stephen Mosher Wood was an American politician. He Wood represented Chase County, Kansas in the Kansas House of Representatives in 1871 and 1875, and was a member of the Kansas Sen…
Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (died 1920)
Sir William Crookes was an English chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, now part of Imperial College London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pion…
William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (died 1919)
Pavel Petrovich Chistyakov was a Russian painter and art teacher, active in St. Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo from Tsar Alexander II's reign through the Civil War days. He is known…
Pavel Chistyakov, Russian painter and educator (died 1919)
Alexandre Charles Lecocq was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéras comiques. He became the most prominent successor to Jacques Offenbach in this sphere, and enjoyed…
Charles Lecocq, French pianist and composer (died 1918)
Lucy Petway Holcombe Pickens was a 19th-century American socialite of Tennessee and Texas, known during and after her lifetime as the "Queen of the Confederacy". She was also a Fir…
Lucy Pickens, American wife of Francis Wilkinson Pickens (died 1899)
Maximilian I was an Austrian archduke who became emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution by the Mexican Republic on 19 June 1867.
Maximilian I of Mexico (died 1867)
Alvan Graham Clark was an American astronomer and telescope-maker.
Alvan Graham Clark, American astronomer (died 1897)
Charilaos Trikoupis was a Greek politician who served as a Prime Minister of Greece seven times from 1875 until 1895.
Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1896)
George Lemuel Woods was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Woods served as the third governor of Oregon from 1866 to 1870. Failing to win …
George Lemuel Woods, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd Governor of Oregon (died 1890)
Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet was a French painter and the wife of the sculptor Antoine Denis Chaudet, who had also been her teacher.
Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, French painter (born 1761)
Zina Hitchcock was a New York politician. A descendant of the early American colonist Samuel Chapin, he was born on November 6, 1755, in Warren or New Milford, Connecticut. His fat…
Zina Hitchcock, New York politician (born 1755)
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, baron Cuvier, known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier …
Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and academic (born 1769)
Sir James Mackintosh FRS FRSE was a Scottish jurist, Whig politician and Whig historian. His studies and sympathies embraced many interests. He was trained as a doctor and barriste…
James Mackintosh, Scottish historian, jurist, and politician (born 1765)
Évariste Galois was a French mathematician and political activist. While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be so…
Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (born 1811)
Divisional-General Jean Maximilien Lamarque was a French army officer and politician who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Lamarque served with distinction in…
Jean Maximilien Lamarque, French general and politician (born 1770)
Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.
Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (born 1748)
Sir James Hall of Dunglass, 4th Baronet FRS FRSE was a Scottish geologist and geophysicist. He was a Member of Parliament for St. Michael's borough 1807–1812.
Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, Scottish geologist and geophysicist (born 1761)
Napoleon II was the disputed Emperor of the French for 2 weeks in 1815. He was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Marie Louise, daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria.
Napoleon II, French emperor (born 1811)
Lê Văn Duyệt was a Vietnamese general who helped Nguyễn Ánh—the future Emperor Gia Long—put down the Tây Sơn wars, unify Vietnam and establish the Nguyễn dynasty. After the Nguyễn …
Lê Văn Duyệt, Vietnamese general, mandarin (born 1763–4)