Explore 510 historical events from 1840–1849.
Henry Edward Armstrong FRS FRSE (Hon) was a British chemist. Although Armstrong was active in many areas of scientific research, such as the chemistry of naphthalene derivatives, h…
Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist and academic (died 1937)
Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov was a Russian painter and draughtsman who specialised in mythological and historical subjects. He is considered a co-founder of Russian folklorist and…
Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter and illustrator (died 1926)
Waterloo station, also known as London Waterloo, is a major central London railway terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London B…
Waterloo railway station in London opens.
Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist mov…
Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York.
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. Its organizers advertised it as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights …
The first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, a two-day event, concludes.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved statehood and is…
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is established by Nelson Dewey, first Governor of Wisconsin.
The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1852. It constituted a…
Great Famine of Ireland: Tipperary Revolt: In County Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful…
Carl Wernicke was a German physician, anatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist. He is known for his influential research into the pathological effects of specific forms of ence…
Carl Wernicke, German neuropathologist
Fritz von Uhde was a German painter of genre and religious subjects. His style lay in-between Realism and Impressionism, he was once known as "Germany's outstanding impressionist" …
Fritz von Uhde, German painter and educator (died 1911)
Karl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the "flying man". He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful flights wi…
Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (died 1896)
The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of th…
Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.
Brigandage in Southern Italy had existed in some form since ancient times. However, its origins as outlaws targeting random travellers would evolve vastly later on to become a form…
Pica Law (Legge Pica), a form of martial law, is established as the Italian government passes this anti-brigandage law…
The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush in California, which began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California…
California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in…
Phineas P. Gage (1823–1860) was an American railroad construction foreman remembered for his improbable[B1] survival of an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely …
Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives an iron rod 1+1⁄4 inches (3.2 cm) in diameter being driven through his…
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a United States–based international nonprofit with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, d…
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created.
Johann Baptist Singenberger was a Swiss composer, music teacher, editor and publisher. Much of his output was devoted to Catholic liturgical music. He was reckoned to have taught o…
Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, educator, and publisher (died 1924)
Bernard Bosanquet was an English philosopher and political theorist, and an influential figure on matters of political and social policy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. …
Bernard Bosanquet, English philosopher and theorist (died 1923)
Kandukuri Veeresalingam was a social reformer and writer from the Madras Presidency, British India, current Andhra Pradesh. He was considered as the Father of the Telugu Renaissanc…
Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (died 1919)
Raja Ravi Varma was an Indian painter. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography. He greatly en…
Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter and academic (died 1906)
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movem…
Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (died 1903)
Max Erdmannsdörfer was a German conductor, pianist and composer.
Max Erdmannsdörfer, German conductor and composer (died 1905)
Geevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, also known as Parumala Thirumeni, was a Metropolitan of the Malankara Church. Parumala Thirumeni became the first person of Indian origin to …
Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian bishop and saint (died 1902)
Thomas Henry Tracy was a Canadian architect and alderman. Born in London, Upper Canada, to Irish immigrants, Tracy was apprenticed to William Robinson for five years beginning in 1…
Thomas Henry Tracy, Canadian architect and alderman (died 1925)
Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves was a Brazilian politician and statesman who served as the fifth president of Brazil, from 1902 to 1906. Alves was elected in 1902, becoming the …
Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian politician, 5th President of Brazil (died 1919)