Events in History
- Jan 7 2nd Bank of US opens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Event of Interest
Jan 18 José de San Martín leads a revolutionary army over the Andes to attack Spanish royalists in Chile
José de San Martín
- Jan 22 British freighter Diana sinks off Malaya
- Jan 31 Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau" premieres in Vienna
- Feb 5 1st US gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights)
- Feb 17 1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore)
- Mar 2 1st Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Pennsylvania
- Mar 3 Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory & Mississippi
Event of Interest
Mar 4 James Monroe is inaugurated as the 5th President of the United States
James Monroe
- Mar 8 The New York Stock Exchange is founded
- Mar 25 Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians
- Apr 15 1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford, Connecticut)
- Apr 17 1st US school for deaf (Hartford, Connecticut)
- Apr 22 Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight
- May 15 Ambonese uprising against Dutch authority (modern Indonesia), under Thomas Matulesia (aka Kapitan Pattimura)
- May 15 First private mental health hospital opens in the US, Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- May 16 Mississippi River steamboat service begins
- Jul 4 Chief Engineer James Geddes begins construction on the Erie Canal, (Rome, New York), one of the first great engineering works in North America
- Jul 12 1st flower show held in Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland
- Aug 18 60-70ft sea serpent sightings reported offshore in Gloucester, Massachusetts
- Sep 9 Alexander Twilight, probably first African American to graduate from a US college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College
Event of Interest
Sep 22 John Quincy Adams becomes US Secretary of State
John Quincy Adams
- Oct 9 University of Gent officially opens
- Oct 20 1st Mississippi "Showboat" leaves Nashville on maiden voyage
- Nov 20 First Seminole War begins in Florida
- Nov 25 First sword swallower in US performs (NYC)
- Nov 27 US soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War
- Dec 10 Mississippi admitted as 20th state of the Union
- Dec 16 Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon
Birthdays in History
- Jan 8 John Selden Roane, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1867)
- Jan 8 Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. 1893)
- Jan 14 Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna)
- Jan 15 Lewis Golding Arnold, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey (d. 1871)
- Jan 31 Antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer (Groiler Encyclopaedia)
- Feb 2 John Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid), born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England (d. 1902)
- Feb 3 Samuel Ryan Curtis, American politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Champlain, New York (d. 1866)
- Feb 3 Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist (d. 1881)
- Feb 7 LeRoy Pope Walker, American lawyer and 1st Confederate States Secretary of War (1861), born in Huntsville, Alabama (d. 1884)
- Feb 8 Richard Stoddert Ewell, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), (d. 1872)
- Feb 15 Charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter
- Feb 18 Lewis Addison Armistead, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1863)
- Feb 18 Walter Page Lane, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1892)
- Feb 19 Willem III, last male King of the Netherlands (1849-90), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1890)
- Feb 21 Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Vallodolid Spain, poet/dramatist (El rey Loco)
- Feb 22 Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician (d. 1880)
- Feb 23 George Watts, painter, born in London, England
- Feb 28 James Craig, American lawyer, politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Washington County, Pennsylvania (d. 1888)
- Mar 1 Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor (d. 1882)
- Mar 2 Janos Arany, Hungarian epic poet (Toldi, Death of King Buda)
- Mar 4 Edwards Pierrepont, American statesman, jurist and lawyer; 34th United States Attorney General (d. 1892)
- Mar 5 Austen H Layard, British archaeologist/diplomat
- Mar 6 Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907)
- Mar 19 Lewis Henry Little, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1862)
- Mar 22 Braxton Bragg, Gen (Confederate Army), (d. 1876)
- Mar 26 Herman Haupt, American civil engineer and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1905)
- Mar 27 Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss botanist (famous for his work on plant cells), born in Kilchberg, Switzerland (d. 1891)
- Mar 29 Konstantin Sergeyevich Aksakov, Russian historian and poet, born in Novo-Aksakovo, Russia (d. 1860)
- Apr 1 Johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist
- Apr 4 John Wilson Sprague, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in White Creek, New York (d. 1893)
- Apr 13 Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian/archivist (Brussels)
- Apr 18 George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe)
- Apr 19 John Philip "Spanish John", Scottish painter, born in Aberdeen (d. 1865)
- May 5 George Washington Julian, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana, born in Centerville, Indiana (d. 1899)
- May 14 Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)
- May 15 Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905)
- May 18 James William Denver, American lawyer, politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Winchester, Virginia (d. 1892)
- May 31 Georg Herwegh, German poet, born in Stuttgart (d. 1875)
- Jun 17 Thomas Maley Harris, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Wood County, West Virginia (d. 1906)
- Jun 21 James Brewerton Ricketts, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in NYC, New York (d. 1887)
- Jun 26 Branwell Brontë [Patrick Branwell Brontë], English painter and writer and brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily and Anne, born in Thornton, West Yorkshire, England (d. 1848)
- Jun 30 Joseph D Hooker, British botanist
- Jul 6 Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (d. 1905)
Henry David Thoreau
Jul 12 Henry David Thoreau, American naturalist and pacifist (Walden Pond), born in Concord, Massachusetts (d. 1862)
Henry David Thoreau
- Jul 15 John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway)
- Jul 19 Mary Ann Bickerdyke, American army nurse (union), born in Knox County, Ohio (d. 1901)
- Jul 21 John Gilbert, British artist, illustrator and engraver, born in Blackheath, Surrey (d. 1897)
- Jul 21 Joseph K Barnes, American Major General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1883)
- Jul 24 Adolphe [Adolf Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich], Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905), born in Biebrich Palace, Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau (d. 1905)
- Jul 29 James Blair Steedman, American Major General (Union Army), born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (d. 1883)
- Jul 31 Philip Cook Jr, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1894)
- Aug 3 Archduke Albrecht of Austria, Duke of Teschen (Battle at Custozza), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1895)
- Aug 14 Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (d. 1874)
- Aug 16 Henry Winter Davis, MC (Union), (d. 1865)
- Aug 17 Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71)
- Aug 24 Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, poet and playwright (Prince Serebrenni), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1875)
- Sep 5 Aleksei K. Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1875) [NS]
- Sep 6 Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician, a father of Canadian Confederation, born in Chelsea, England (d. 1893)
- Sep 7 Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark (d. 1898)
- Sep 9 Speed Smith Fry, American lawyer, judge, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Mercer County, Kentucky (d. 1892)
- Sep 13 John McAuley Palmer, US Union msj-gen/(Gov-Ill, 1868-72)
- Sep 14 Theodor Storm, German judge/author (Imense China)
- Sep 21 Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Major General (Confederate Army)
- Sep 24 Ramon de Campoamor Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Doloras)
Hiram R. Revels
Sep 27 Hiram R. Revels, 1st African American US Senator, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina (d. 1901)
Hiram R. Revels
- Oct 7 Bushrod Rust Johnson, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1880)
- Oct 10 Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist/founder KNMI
- Oct 17 Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian Muslim leader, born in Delhi, Mughal Empire
- Oct 17 Samuel Ringgold Ward, Maryland, minister/abolitionist (Fugitive Negro)
- Oct 23 Pierre Athanase Larousse, French lexicographer (d. 1875)
- Oct 24 Hippolyte Mège-Mouriés, French chemist and inventor of margarine, born in Draguignan, France
- Oct 30 Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Jahresbericht of Chemistry)
- Nov 8 Claudius Wistar Sears, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1891)
- Nov 8 Theodoor J Canneel, Flemish painter
- Nov 9 Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, American Major General (Union Army), born in Piatt's Landing, Kentucky (d. 1873)
- Nov 12 Bahá'u'lláh, Prophet Founder of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)
- Nov 21 Richard B. Garnett, Confederate Brigadier General, born in Essex County, Virginia (d. 1863)
- Nov 24 Juan de la Cruz Moreno Maisonave, Guatemala
- Nov 25 John Bigelow, American statesman and author (d. 1911)
Theodor Mommsen
Nov 30 Theodor Mommsen, German historian and scholar (Imperial Lives, Nobel Prize in Literature 1902), born in Garding, Duchy of Schleswig (d. 1903)
Theodor Mommsen
Deaths in History
- Jan 1 Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73
- Jan 12 Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740)
- Jan 16 Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier, dies at 57
- Feb 18 Giacomo Quarenghi, Italian-Russian master builder and architect (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72
- Apr 2 Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (Heinrich Stillings Leben), dies at 76
- Apr 4 André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince d'Essing and Marshal of France (b. 1758)
- Apr 12 Charles Messier, French astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects"), dies at 86
- Jun 18 Joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies
- Jun 24 Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 83
- Jun 30 Abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist
- Jul 14 Anne Louise Germaine de Staël, Swiss author (b. 1766)
Jane Austen
Jul 18 Jane Austen, English novelist (Pride and Prejudice), dies at 41
Jane Austen
- Aug 7 Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (b. 1739)
- Sep 9 Paul Cuffe, African American civil rights activist (helped settle Sierre Leone), dies at 58
- Oct 2 Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian naval commander and admiral (b. 1744)
- Oct 15 Tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies
- Oct 16 Manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies
- Oct 26 Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (b. 1727)
- Nov 8 Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter of Napoleon, dies at 63
- Nov 14 Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian revolutionary (b. 1795)
William Bligh
Dec 7 William Bligh, British naval officer of "HMS Bounty" fame, dies at 63
William Bligh