Explore 140 historical events from 1830–1839.
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, simply referred to as the University of Athens (UoA), is a public university in Athens, Greece, with various campuses along the …
The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece
John Pierpont Morgan Sr. was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. As the head o…
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Fredrik Bajer was a Danish writer, teacher, and pacifist politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908 together with Klas Pontus Arnoldson.
Fredrik Bajer, Danish lieutenant and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1922)
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that began a major depression which lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages dropped, westward expansion…
Panic of 1837: New York City banks suspend the payment of specie, triggering a national banking crisis and an economic d
Georges Ernest Jean-Marie Boulanger, nicknamed Général Revanche, was a French Army officer and politician. An enormously popular public figure during the second decade of the Third…
Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1891)
Karl Gottlieb Mauch was a German explorer and geographer of Africa. He reported on the archaeological ruins of Great Zimbabwe in 1871 during his search for the biblical land of Oph…
Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer (died 1875)
Adam Opel was a German entrepreneur who founded the company Adam Opel AG, then a manufacturer of bicycles and sewing machines.
Adam Opel, German engineer, founded the Opel Company (died 1895)
Count Itagaki Taisuke was a Japanese samurai, politician, and leader of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement, which evolved into Japan's first political party, the Liberal Part…
Itagaki Taisuke, Japanese soldier and politician (died 1919)
Jules Theodore Anatole Mallet was a Swiss mechanical engineer, who was the inventor of the first successful compound system for a railway steam locomotive, patented in 1874. He is …
Anatole Mallet, Swiss mechanical engineer and inventor (died 1919)
Józef Wieniawski was a Polish pianist, composer, conductor and teacher. He was born in Lublin, the younger brother of the famous violinist Henryk Wieniawski. After Franz Liszt, he …
Józef Wieniawski, Polish pianist and composer (died 1912)
James Butler Hickok, better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gu…
Wild Bill Hickok, American police officer (died 1876)
George Coppinger Ashlin was an Irish architect, particularly noted for his work on churches and cathedrals, and who became President of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ire…
George Ashlin, Irish architect, co-designed St Colman's Cathedral (died 1921)
Alexander Dmitriyevich Balashov was a Russian general and statesman.
Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Police (born 1770)
In April 1837, a fire broke out in the Indian city of Surat, then under British East India Company rule. It resulted in more than 500 deaths and the destruction of 9,737 houses in …
A fire broke out in Surat, India, which went on to destroy about 75% of the city
Antonio Pastor was an American impresario, variety performer and theatre owner who became one of the founding forces behind American vaudeville in the mid-to-late-nineteenth centur…
Tony Pastor, American impresario, variety performer and theatre owner (died 1908)
Joseph Grimaldi was an English actor, comedian and dancer, who became the most popular English entertainer of the Regency era. In the early 19th century, he expanded the role of Cl…
Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer (born 1779)
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…
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The Texas Revolution was a rebellion by Anglo-American immigrants as well as Hispanic Texans against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. T…
Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican Gene
The Texas Revolution was a rebellion by Anglo-American immigrants as well as Hispanic Texans against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. T…
Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify Mexican General
The Ancient Order of Hibernians is an Irish Catholic fraternal organization. Members must be male, Catholic, and either born in Ireland or of Irish descent. Its largest membership …
Formation of Ancient Order of Hibernians
Francis Baily was an English astronomer. He is most famous for his observations of "Baily's beads" during a total eclipse of the Sun. Baily was also a major figure in the early his…
Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse
Max Eyth was a German engineer and writer.
Max Eyth, German engineer and author (died 1906)
Ferdinand Monoyer was a French ophthalmologist, known for introducing the dioptre in 1872.
Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart (died 1912)
Virginie (Marie) Loveling was a Flemish author of poetry, novels, essays and children's stories. She also wrote under the pseudonym W. E. C. Walter. She did write sentimentally ear…
Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (died 1923)