Explore 603 historical events from 1830–1839.
Prince Yamagata Aritomo was a Japanese statesman and general who twice served as prime minister of Japan, in 1889–1891 and 1898–1900. He was a leading member of the genrō, a group …
Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese Field Marshal and politician, 3rd and 9th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1922)
Frederic Archer was a British composer, conductor and organist, born in Oxford. He moved to the US in 1880, where he established the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Frederic Archer, English organist, composer, and conductor (died 1901)
Cushman Kellogg Davis was an American Republican politician who served as the seventh governor of Minnesota and as a U.S. senator from Minnesota.
Cushman Kellogg Davis, American lieutenant and politician, 7th Governor of Minnesota (died 1900)
Jan Alojzy Matejko was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works include large scale oi…
Jan Matejko, Polish painter (died 1893)
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was a Bengali novelist, poet, essayist and journalist. He was the author of the 1882 Bengali language novel Anandamath, which is one of the landmarks o…
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (died 1894)
Peter Paul von Mauser was a German weapon designer, manufacturer, industrialist and politician.
Paul Mauser, German weapon designer, designed the Gewehr 98 (died 1914)
Vatroslav Jagić was a Croatian scholar of Slavic studies in the second half of the 19th century.
Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian philologist and scholar (died 1923)
Eli Lilly was an American Union Army officer, pharmacist, chemist, and businessman who founded Eli Lilly and Company.
Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company (died 1898)
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was a German general and later inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships. His name became synonymous with airships and dominated long-distance flight unt…
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company (died 1917)
William Paine Lord was an American Republican politician who served as the ninth governor of Oregon from 1895 to 1899. The Delaware native previously served as the 27th justice of …
William Paine Lord, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Oregon (died 1911)
Édouard Juda Colonne was a French conductor and violinist, and a champion of the music of Berlioz and other eminent 19th-century composers.
Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (died 1910)
John Augustin Daly was one of the most influential men in American theatre during his lifetime. Drama critic, theatre manager, playwright, and adapter, he became the first recogniz…
Augustin Daly, American playwright and manager (died 1899)
Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, was a British statesman and author. In a ministerial career stretching almost 30 years, he was most notably twice Secretary for Scotland und…
Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, English civil servant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (died…
Silas Stillman Soule was an American abolitionist, teenage conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and early example of what would later be called a "whistleblower…
Silas Soule, American soldier and whistleblower of the Sand Creek Massacre (died 1865)
Bhaktivinoda Thakur, born Kedarnath Datta, was an Indian Hindu philosopher, guru and spiritual reformer of Gaudiya Vaishnavism who effected its resurgence in India in late 19th and…
Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (died 1914)
Liliʻuokalani was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on Januar…
Liliʻuokalani, Last sovereign monarch of Hawaiʻi (died 1917)
Samuel Bland Arnold was an American Confederate sympathizer involved in a plot to kidnap U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. He had joined the Confederate Army shortly after th…
Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (died 1906)
John Ireland was an Irish-American prelate who was the third Catholic bishop and first archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota (1888–1918). He became both a religious as well as civic …
John Ireland, Irish-American archbishop (died 1918)
Anthonij "Anton" Rudolf Mauve was a Dutch realist painter who was a leading member of the Hague School. He signed his paintings 'A. Mauve' or with a monogrammed 'A.M.'. A master co…
Anton Mauve, Dutch painter and educator (died 1888)
Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin, was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement who ran for president of the United States in the 1872 election. …
Victoria Woodhull, American journalist and activist (died 1927)
Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross was the 19th governor of Texas, a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and the 4th president of the Agricultural and Mechanic…
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, American general and politician, 19th Governor of Texas (died 1898)
Giuseppe Cesare Abba was an Italian writer and soldier. As a participant on the expedition of i Mille he fought next to Giuseppe Garibaldi in his conquest of the Kingdom of the Two…
Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian soldier, poet, and author (died 1910)
James Jerome Hill was an American railway entrepreneur. He was the chief executive officer of a family of lines headed by the Great Northern Railway, which served a substantial are…
James J. Hill, Canadian-American railroad executive (died 1916)
George Henry Thorn (junior) was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a Premier of Queensland, Australia.
George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (died 1905)