Explore 603 historical events from 1830–1839.
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)
Jay Gould was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who founded the Gould business dynasty. He is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age…
Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (died 1892)
Friedrich August Wilhelm Baumfelder was a German composer of classical music, conductor, and pianist. He started in the Leipzig Conservatory, and went on to become a well-known com…
Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1916)
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies …
British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths.
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States. It is the fourth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.3 mill…
The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen.
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman was an American missionary in the Oregon Country of what would become the state of Washington. On their way to found the Protestant Whitman Mission in 183…
Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at…
Samuel Houston was an American military general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution in which the Republic of Texas seceded from Mexico. He served as t…
Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
The Riograndense Republic, often called the Piratini Republic, was a de facto state that seceded from the Empire of Brazil and roughly coincided with the present state of Rio Grand…
The Riograndense Republic is proclaimed by rebels after defeating Empire of Brazil's troops in the Battle of Seival,…
Alexander Mitscherlich was a German chemist and son of Eilhard Mitscherlich.
Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist and academic (died 1918)
Wesley Merritt was an American major general who served in the cavalry of the United States Army during the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish–American War. Foll…
Wesley Merritt, American general and politician, Military Governor of the Philippines (died 1910)
Luigi Tripepi was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and poet. He was one of the most important Roman Catholic apologists of the 19th century.
Luigi Tripepi, Italian theologian (died 1906)
Emmanuel Rhoides was a Greek writer, journalist, and translator. He is considered one of the most influential writers of 19th century Greece and a significant figure of Modern Gree…
Emmanuel Rhoides, Greek journalist and author (died 1904)
Joseph Chamberlain was a British statesman who was first a radical Liberal, then a Liberal Unionist after opposing home rule for Ireland, and eventually was a leading imperialist i…
Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1914)
Samuel Houston was an American military general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution in which the Republic of Texas seceded from Mexico. He served as t…
Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
Napoleon III was the first President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first elected president, second e…
Louis Napoleon launches the unsuccessful Strasbourg Coup to overthrow the July Monarchy in France
Joseph Gurney Cannon was an American politician from Illinois and a leader of the Republican Party. Cannon represented parts of Illinois in the United States House of Representativ…
Joseph Gurney Cannon, American lawyer and politician, 40th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was an English physician and suffragist. She is known for being the first woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon and as a co-founder and …
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and politician (died 1917)
Camille Maximilien Frédéric, Count de Renesse-Breidbach was a Belgian nobleman, entrepreneur and author.
Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (died 1904)
Antônio Carlos Gomes was a Brazilian composer notable for being the first New World composer whose work was accepted by Europe. He was the only non-European who was successful as a…
Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (died 1896)
Vasily Alekseyevich Sleptsov, was a Russian writer, playwright, journalist and social reformer.
Vasily Sleptsov, Russian author and activist (died 1878)
Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup was a Danish architect who specialized in the Historicist style. One of the most productive and noted Danish architects of the 19th century, he is behind many…
Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup, Danish architect (died 1907)
Warren Brown was an American politician, historian, gentleman farmer, businessman, and author from Hampton Falls, New Hampshire.
Warren Brown, American historian and politician (died 1919)
Archibald MacNeal Willard was an American painter who was born and raised in Bedford, Ohio. His most famous work is "The Spirit of '76".
Archibald Willard, American soldier and painter (died 1918)