Explore 335 historical events from 1830–1839.
Alfred Austin was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896, after an interval following the death of Tennyson, when the other candidates had either caused controvers…
Alfred Austin, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1913)
Hijikata Toshizō was a Japanese swordsman of the Bakumatsu period and Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi. As Vice-Commander, he served the Tokugawa Shogunate and co-led his group …
Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (died 1869)
Pope Pius X was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 until his death in August 1914. He was known for opposing modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, and for pro…
Pope Pius X (died 1914)
Rebecca Ann Felton was an American writer, politician, white supremacist, and slave owner who was the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, serving for only one day.
Rebecca Latimer Felton, American educator and politician (died 1930)
Johannes Wislicenus was a German chemist, most famous for his work in early stereochemistry.
Johannes Wislicenus, German chemist and academic (died 1902)
Thomas Wallace Knox was an American journalist, author, and world traveler, known primarily for his work as a New York Herald correspondent during the American Civil War. As an aut…
Thomas W
Henryk Wieniawski was a Polish virtuoso violinist, composer, and pedagogue, who is regarded amongst the most distinguished violinists in history. His younger brother Józef Wieniaws…
Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (died 1880)
Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón was a Guatemalan politician and military general who served as President of Guatemala from 1873 to his death in 1885. He was known for his liberal reform…
Justo Rufino Barrios, Guatemalan president (died 1885)
Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci was an Italian poet, writer, literary critic and teacher. He was noticeably influential, and was regarded as the official national poet of moder…
Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907)
Adah Isaacs Menken was an American actress, painter and poet, and was the highest earning actress of her time. She was best known for her performance in the hippodrama Mazeppa, wit…
Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress, painter, and poet (died 1868)
Celia Thaxter was an American writer of poetry and stories. For most of her life, she lived with her father on the Isles of Shoals at his Appledore Hotel. How she grew up to become…
Celia Thaxter, American poet and story writer (died 1894)
John Nash was a British architect of the Georgian and Regency eras. He was responsible for the design, in the neoclassical and picturesque styles, of many important areas of London…
John Nash, English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion (born 1752)
Gian Domenico Romagnosi was an Italian philosopher, economist and jurist.
Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (born 1761)
William Cobbett was an English pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer born in Farnham, Surrey. He was one of an agrarian faction seeking to reform Parliament, abolish "rot…
William Cobbett, English farmer and journalist (born 1763)
Andreas Vokos, better known by his nickname Miaoulis, was a Greek revolutionary, admiral, and politician who commanded Greek naval forces during the Greek War of Independence (1821…
Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (born 1769)
Ebenezer Pemberton was an American educator and 2nd Principal of Phillips Academy Andover from 1786 to 1793. Refusing to follow his uncle's wishes to become a clergyman, Pemberton …
Ebenezer Pemberton, American educator (born 1746)
John Marshall was an American statesman, jurist, and Founding Father who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. He remains the l…
John Marshall, American captain and politician, 4th United States Secretary of State (born 1755)
Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, Duke of Treviso, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon I, who served during the French Revolutionary Wars…
Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise, French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France (born 1768)
The Battle of Asseiceira, fought on 16 May, 1834, was the last and decisive engagement of the Portuguese Civil War, or "War of the Two Brothers", between Dom Pedro, ex-Emperor of B…
The Battle of Asseiceira is fought; it was the final and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal
Beginning on July 7, 1834, New York City was torn by a huge anti-abolitionist riot that lasted for nearly a week until it was put down by military force. "At times the rioters cont…
In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
Charles Lennox Richardson was a British merchant based in Shanghai, Qing Empire who was killed in Japan during the Namamugi Incident. His middle name is spelled Lenox in the census…
Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant (died 1862)
Charles Farrar Browne was an American humor writer, better known under his nom de plume, Artemus Ward. Ward was the character of an illiterate rube with "Yankee common sense", whom…
Charles Farrar Browne, American author (died 1867)
Viktor Aleksandrovich Hartmann or Gartman was a Russian architect and painter. He was associated with the Abramtsevo Colony, purchased and preserved beginning in 1870 by Savva Mamo…
Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter and architect (died 1873)
Joaquim António de Aguiar was a Portuguese politician. He held several relevant political posts during the Portuguese constitutional monarchy, namely as leader of the Cartists and …
Minister of Justice Joaquim António de Aguiar issues a law seizing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and an