Explore 510 historical events from 1840–1849.
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)
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)
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)
Peter Rosegger was an Austrian writer and poet from Krieglach in the province of Styria. He was a son of a mountain farmer and grew up in the woodlands and mountains of Alpl. Roseg…
Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (died 1918)
Robert Todd Lincoln was an American lawyer and businessman. He was the eldest son of President Abraham Lincoln and First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln and the only one of their four child…
Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (died 1926)
James Scott Skinner was a Scottish dancing master, violinist, fiddler and composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential fiddlers in Scottish traditional music, and w…
James Scott Skinner, Scottish violinist and composer (died 1927)
Cyrus Ingerson Scofield was an American theologian, minister, and writer whose best-selling annotated Bible popularized futurism and dispensationalism among fundamentalist Christia…
C. I. Scofield, American minister and theologian (died 1921)
William Southam was a Canadian newspaper publisher.
William Southam, Canadian publisher (died 1932)
Boyd Dunlop Morehead was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was Premier of Queensland from November 1888 to June 1890.
Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland (died 1905)
David Bennett Hill was an American politician from New York. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 29th governor of New York from 1885 to 1891 and represented New York…
David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (died 1910)
Georg Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Hertling, from 1914 Count von Hertling, was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party. He was foreign minister and minister president of Ba…
Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (died 1919)
Lola Rodríguez de Tió was a Puerto Rican woman who established herself a reputation as a great poet throughout all of Latin America. A believer in women's rights, she was also comm…
Lola Rodríguez de Tió, Puerto Rican poet, abolitionist, and women's rights activist (died 1924)
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)
Joseph Nicolas Nicollet, also known as Jean-Nicolas Nicollet, was a French geographer, astronomer, and mathematician known for mapping the Upper Mississippi River basin during the …
Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (born 1786)
Ezekiel Hart was an entrepreneur and politician in British North America. He is often said to be the first Jew to be elected to public office in the British Empire.
Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1770)
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis was a French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist. He is best known for his work on the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating…
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (born 1792)