Explore 510 historical events from 1840–1849.
Antonio Abetti was an Italian astronomer.
Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer and academic (died 1928)
Marion Jean Catherine Adams-Acton was a Scottish novelist who wrote under the pseudonym "Jeanie Hering".
Marion Adams-Acton, Scottish-English author and playwright (died 1928)
Enrico Coleman was an Italian painter of British nationality. He was the son of the English painter Charles Coleman and brother of the less well-known Italian painter Francesco Col…
Enrico Coleman, Italian painter (died 1911)
A conclave was held from 14 to 16 June 1846 to elect a new pope to succeed Gregory XVI, who had died in 1 June. Of the 62 members of the College of Cardinals, all but twelve attend…
The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy
The history of baseball in the United States dates to the 19th century, when boys and amateur enthusiasts played a baseball-like game by their own informal rules using homemade equ…
The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jers
Jung Bahadur Rana,, was the Prime Minister of Nepal and the 1st Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski. He was born Bir Narsingh Kunwar (1817–1877). His mother, Ganesh Kumari, was the daugh…
Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
A Marian apparition is a reported supernatural appearance of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus. While sometimes described as a type of vision, apparitions are generally regarded as …
Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near…
The Rev. Samuel Johnson was an Anglican priest, diplomat, and historian, as well as the great-grandson of Alaafin Abiodun, a powerful king of the Oyo Empire. He is most notable for…
Samuel Johnson, Nigerian priest and historian (died 1901)
Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish nationalist politician who served as a leader of the Home Rule League from 1880 to 1882, and then of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1882 to…
Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (died 1891)
Achilles Nikolayevich Alferaki was a Russian composer and politician of Greek descent. His brother was Sergei Alphéraky. He served as the mayor of Taganrog from 1880 to 1888.
Achilles Alferaki, Russian composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (died 1919)
Ángela Peralta was an operatic soprano of international fame and a leading figure in the operatic life of 19th-century Mexico. Called the "Mexican Nightingale" in Europe, she had a…
Ángela Peralta, Mexican opera singer (died 1883)
Heinrich Rosenthal was an activist of the Estonian national movement, doctor and author.
Heinrich Rosenthal, Estonian physician and author (died 1916)
Léon Bloy was a French Catholic novelist, essayist, pamphleteer, and satirist, known additionally for his eventual defense of Catholicism and for his influence within French Cathol…
Léon Bloy, French author and poet (died 1917)
Edward Charles Pickering was an American astronomer and physicist and the older brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectrosco…
Edward Charles Pickering, American astronomer and physicist (died 1919)
Sophie Menter was a German pianist and composer who became the favorite female student of Franz Liszt. She was called l'incarnation de Liszt in Paris because of her robust, electri…
Sophie Menter, German pianist and composer (died 1918)
Dona Isabel, known as "the Redemptress", was the Princess Imperial of Brazil and heir presumptive to the throne of the Empire of Brazil. She served as regent of the empire on three…
Isabel, Brazilian princess (died 1921)
Anna Haining Bates was a Canadian woman notable for her great stature of 7 feet 11 inches (2.41 m). She was one of the tallest women who ever lived. Her parents were of average hei…
Anna Haining Bates, Canadian-American giant (died 1888)
Luis Martín García was a Spanish Jesuit, elected the twenty-fourth Superior General of the Society of Jesus.
Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1906)
Alexander Milne Calder was a Scottish-American sculptor. He produced over 250 architectural sculptures over 30 years for the construction of Philadelphia City Hall including the 37…
Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor (died 1923)
Daniel Hudson Burnham was an American architect and urban designer. A proponent of the Beaux-Arts movement, he may have been "the most successful power broker the American architec…
Daniel Burnham, American architect, designed the World's Columbian Exposition (died 1912)
Sir Catchick Paul Chater was a prominent British businessman of Armenian descent in colonial Hong Kong, whose family roots were in Calcutta, India.
Paul Chater, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and politician (died 1926)
George Franklin Grant was the first African-American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist, and an inventor of an early composite golf tee made from wood and natural r…
George Franklin Grant, African-American educator, dentist, and inventor (died 1910)
Anna Kingsford was an English anti-vivisectionist, Theosophist, a proponent of vegetarianism and a women's rights campaigner.
Anna Kingsford, English author, poet, and activist (died 1888)
Richard Bernhard With was a Norwegian ship captain, businessman, and politician for the Liberal Left Party. He is known as the founder of the shipping companies Vesteraalens Dampsk…
Richard With, Norwegian captain, businessman, and politician, founded Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (died 1930)