Explore 495 historical events from 1830–1839.
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)
Ivan von Zajc, was a Croatian composer, conductor, director, and teacher who dominated Croatia's musical culture for over forty years. Through his artistic and institutional reform…
Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer, conductor, and director (died 1914)
Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt was a German physiologist, philosopher, professor, and one of the fathers of modern psychology. Wundt, who distinguished psychology as a science from philo…
Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist (died 1920)
Antonio Agliardi was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal, archbishop, and papal diplomat.
Antonio Agliardi, Italian cardinal (died 1915)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot was a French military engineer and physicist. A graduate of the École polytechnique, Carnot served as an officer in the Engineering Arm of the French Ar…
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (born 1796)
Richard Weymouth was a Royal Navy commander, notable as compiler of the Naval, Military, and Village Hymn Book, published in the year of his death and designed for non-denominatio…
Richard Weymouth, British Royal Navy commander (born 1780/81)
Edward Dando was a thief who came to public notice in Britain because of his unusual habit of overeating at food stalls and inns, and then revealing that he had no money to pay. Al…
Edward Dando, English thief
Baron Franz Xaver von Zach was an Austrian astronomer born in Pest, Hungary.
Franz Xaver von Zach, Hungarian-French astronomer and academic (born 1754)
Juan Godoy was a Chilean farmer and miner who in 1832 discovered an outcrop (reventón) of silver 50 km (31 mi) south of Copiapó in Chañarcillo, sparking the Chilean silver rush.
Prospector Juan Godoy discovered a silver outcrop in Chañarcillo, sparking the Chilean silver rush
The June Rebellion, also called the Paris Uprising of 1832, was an anti-monarchist insurrection of Parisian republicans on 5 and 6 June 1832.
The June Rebellion, an anti-monarchist uprising, broke out in Paris
The Representation of the People Act 1832, also known as the Reform Act 1832, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to reform the…
The Reform Act, which is widely credited with launching modern democracy in the United Kingdom, received royal assent