Explore 657 historical events from 1850–1859.
Vittorio Sella was an Italian photographer and mountaineer, whose photographs of mountains are regarded as some of the finest ever made.
Vittorio Sella, Italian mountaineer and photographer (died 1943)
Sir Macpherson Robertson was an Australian philanthropist, entrepreneur and founder of chocolate and confectionery company MacRobertson's. He was also known for bringing the United…
Macpherson Robertson, Australian businessman and philanthropist, founded MacRobertson's (died 1945)
Vjenceslav Novak was a Croatian Realist writer, dramatist, and music historian.
Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian author and playwright (died 1905)
Yuan Shikai was a Chinese general and statesman. As leader of the Beiyang Army, he played a decisive role in securing the abdication of the Qing court. He served as the second prov…
Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China (died 1916)
Frank Dawson Adams was a Canadian geologist.
Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist and academic (died 1942)
Henry McCarty, alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who was linked to nine murders. He was solely responsib…
Billy the Kid, American gunman (died 1881)
Isaac Lee Patterson was the 18th governor of Oregon from 1927 to 1929. An Oregon native, he served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1918 to 1922, and was a farmer in the Wil…
I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (died 1929)
John Lewis Bates was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Massachusetts.
John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1946)
Lincoln Loy McCandless was a United States cattle rancher, industrialist and politician for the Territory of Hawaii. McCandless served in the United States Congress as a territoria…
Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician (died 1940)
Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville, was a French diplomat, political philosopher and historian. He is best known for his works Democracy in America and The Old Regim…
Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1805)
Tantia Tope was an Indian general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the British East India Company.
Tatya Tope, Indian general (born 1814)
Joseph Diez Gergonne was a French mathematician and logician.
Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1771)
Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet was a German mathematician. In number theory, he proved special cases of Fermat's Last Theorem and created analytic number theory. In analysis…
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (born 1805)
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brot…
Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (born 1769)
Sergey Timofeyevich Aksakov was a 19th-century Russian literary figure remembered for his semi-autobiographical tales of family life, as well as his books on hunting and fishing.
Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (born 1791)
Ferdinand II was King of the Two Sicilies from 1830 until his death in 1859.
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (born 1810)
David Cox was an English landscape painter, one of the most important members of the Birmingham School of landscape artists and an early precursor of Impressionism.
David Cox, English painter (born 1783)
Baron Charles Cagniard de la Tour was a French engineer and physicist.
Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (born 1777)
Oscar I was King of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 until his death. He was the second monarch of the House of Bernadotte.
Oscar I of Sweden (born 1799)
Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein, known as Klemens von Metternich or Prince Metternich, was a German statesman and diplomat in the service…
Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (born 1773)
Horace Mann was an American educational reformer, abolitionist and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education; he is thus also known as The Father of Am…
Horace Mann, American educator and politician (born 1796)
John Vianney was a French Catholic priest and member of the Third Order of Mary who is often referred to as the Curé d'Ars. Canonized a saint in 1925, he is known for his priestly …
John Vianney, French priest and saint (born 1786)
Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne was a nineteenth-century Virginia lawyer and planter, as well as an American politician who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and i…
Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (born 1777)
Juan Bautista Loreto Mucio Francisco José de Asís de la Santísima Trinidad Ceballos Gómez Sañudo (1811–1859) was a Mexican politician who served in congress and in the supreme cour…
Juan Bautista Ceballos, former president of Mexico (born 1811)