Explore 350 historical events from 1840–1849.
Grove Karl Gilbert, known by the abbreviated name G. K. Gilbert in academic literature, was an American geologist.
Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist and academic (died 1918)
Benito María de los Dolores Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist and politician. He was a leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him secon…
Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (died 1920)
Charles Albert Gobat was a Swiss lawyer, educational administrator, and politician who jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize with Élie Ducommun in 1902 for their leadership of the…
Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914)
Louis Renault was a French jurist and educator, and the co-winner in 1907 of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Louis Renault, French jurist, educator, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1918)
Henry Faulds was a Scottish doctor, missionary and scientist who is noted for the development of fingerprinting.
Henry Faulds, Scottish physician and missionary, developed fingerprinting (died 1930)
Frederik VIII was King of Denmark from 29 January 1906 until his death in 1912.
Frederik VIII of Denmark (died 1912)
Henriette Wulfsberg was a Norwegian educator, writer and translator.
Henriette Wulfsberg, Norwegian school owner and writer (died 1906)
Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicitas von Suttner was an Austrian noblewoman, pacifist and novelist. In 1905, she became the second female Nobel laureate, the first woman to be awarded …
Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914)
Heinrich Picot de Peccaduc, Freiherr von Herzogenberg was an Austrian composer and conductor descended from a French aristocratic family.
Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1900)
Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repert…
Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1907)
Sir David Gill was a Scottish astronomer who spent most of his career as H.M. Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope. He was born in Aberdeen, trained as a watch and clock-maker, and …
David Gill, Scottish-English astronomer and author (died 1914)
Mary Sibbet Copley Thaw was an American philanthropist and charity worker.
Mary Sibbet Copley, American philanthropist (died 1929)
Paul Heinrich Ritter von Groth was a German mineralogist. His most important contribution to science was his systematic classification of minerals based on their chemical compositi…
Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist (died 1927)
Sir Ernest Mason Satow, was a British diplomat, scholar and Japanologist. He is better known in Japan, where he was known as Satō Ainosuke , than in Britain or the other countries …
Ernest Mason Satow, English orientalist and diplomat (died 1929)
Sir John William Downer, KCMG, KC was an Australian politician who served two terms as Premier of South Australia, from 1885 to 1887 and again from 1892 to 1893. He later entered f…
John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (died 1915)
Camillo Golgi was an Italian biologist and pathologist who was awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his works on the central nervous system. He studied medici…
Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1926)
Virgil Walter Earp was an American lawman. He was both deputy U.S. marshal and the city marshal of Tombstone, in the Arizona Territory when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Mo…
Virgil Earp, American marshal (died 1905)
Johannes Friedrich Heinrich Schmidt was a German linguist. He developed the Wellentheorie of language development.
Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (died 1901)
Samuel Morey was an American inventor, who worked on early internal combustion engines and was a pioneer in steamships who accumulated a total of 20 patents.
Samuel Morey, American engineer (born 1762)
Sylvestre François Lacroix was a French mathematician.
Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (born 1765)
Noah Webster was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and author. He has been called the "Father of American S…
Noah Webster, American lexicographer (born 1758)
Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin was a German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German R…
Friedrich Hölderlin, German lyric poet and author (born 1770)
Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann was a German medical doctor, best known for creating the pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine called homeopathy.
Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (born 1755)
Charles Macintosh FRS was a Scottish chemist and the inventor of the modern waterproof raincoat. The Mackintosh raincoat is named after him.
Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and inventor of waterproof fabric (born 1766)