Historians in History (Part 2)

Historical Events

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 101 - 200 of 564

• 1746-08-07 Daniel Albert Wyttenbach, German-Swiss classical scholar and historian, born in Bern, Switzerland (d. 1820)
• 1749-01-19 Isaiah Thomas, American printer/editor/publisher/historian
• 1758-02-17 John Pinkerton, Scottish anti-Celtic historian, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1826)
• 1766-03-04 Emanuel ADMJ, French historian (Napoleon)
• 1770-10-01 Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naples Revolution 1799), born in Civitacampomarano, Molise, Italy (d. 1823)
• 1771-03-10 Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian (Idea und Probe)
• 1773-04-06 James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian (History of British India), born in Angus, Scotland (d. 1836)
• 1774-12-30 Pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31]
• 1777-07-09 Henry Hallam, British lawyer and historian (d. 1859)
• 1781-05-14 Friedrich von Raumer, German historian and parliamentarian
• 1781-11-20 Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German jurist, born in Jena, Germany (d. 1854)
• 1782-06-10 Amable-Guillaume-Prosper Brugière, French politician and historian, born in Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, France (d. 1866)
• 1783-01-12 Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen)
• 1785-10-08 Arvid August Afzelius, Swedish poet and historian, born in Fjällåkra, Sweden (d. 1871)
• 1785-10-20 George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (d. 1873)
• 1787-09-18 Johann David Passavant, German historian, painter and graphic artist, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1861)
• 1787-10-04 François Guizot, French historian and politician (17th Prime Minister of France), born in Nîmes, France (d. 1874)
• 1790-01-19 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish romantic poet (Blommorna (The Flowers), Lycksalighetens Ö (The Island of Bliss)) and historian (Svenska Siare och Skalder), born in Åsbo, Sweden (d. 1855)
• 1792-12-29 Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet, Scottish historian (History of Europe), born in Shropshire, England (d. 1867)
• 1793-04-11 Nicolaas Christiaan Kist, Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian, born in Woerden, Netherlands (d. 1859)
• 1793-05-09 Johannes Cornelis de Jonge, Dutch historian and archivist, born in Zierikzee, Netherlands (d. 1853)
• 1794-05-17 Anna Brownell Jameson, Anglo-Irish historian and writer (Loves of the Poets), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1860)
• 1794-11-17 George Grote, British historian (History of Greece), born in Clay Hill, England (d. 1871)
• 1795-03-28 Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian, born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1876)
• 1795-05-10 Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian
• 1795-06-13 Thomas Arnold, English educator and historian (History of Rome), born in West Cowes, Isle of Wight, England (d. 1842)

• 1796-05-04 William H. Prescott, American historian, born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1859)
• 1798-05-14 Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian
• 1798-08-21 Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour), born in Paris (d. 1874)
• 1800-03-12 Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian
• 1800-03-25 Paulin Paris, French scholar and historian, born in Avenay, France (d. 1881)

• 1800-10-25 Thomas Babington Macaulay, English poet and historian (Ivry, Naaseby), born in Leicestershire, England (d. 1859)
• 1800-11-23 Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/author (Povesti)
• 1801-08-21 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch statesman and historian, born in Voorburg, Netherlands (d. 1876)
• 1806-07-07 Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education
• 1808-01-11 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist
• 1808-03-23 Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, sociologist/historian (Statistic yearbook)
• 1809-06-15 François-Xavier Garneau, French-Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)
• 1810-02-28 Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian
• 1810-09-02 William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (d. 1897)
• 1811-06-17 Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic independence fighter and Icelandic historian, born in Hrafnseyri, Arnarfjörður, Iceland (d. 1879)
• 1811-08-31 Théophile Gautier, French writer, historian and poet (Albertus, La Chanson de Roland, Émaux et camées), born in Tarbes, France (d. 1872)
• 1813-06-18 Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian (Zametsjatelnoje desjatileti), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1887)
• 1814-03-05 Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)
• 1814-04-15 John Lothrop Motley, American historian and author (The Rise of the Dutch Republic), born in Dorchester, Boston (d. 1877)
• 1814-04-24 Vicente Fidel López, Argentine historian (La Novia del Hereje), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1903)
• 1814-09-02 Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian
• 1814-09-08 Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian, born in Bourbourg, France (d. 1874)
• 1815-10-13 Jules Quicherat, French historian and archaeologist, born in Paris (d. 1882)
• 1815-12-22 Johann Jakob Bachofen, Swiss antiquarian & jurist, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1887)
• 1817-03-29 Konstantin Sergeyevich Aksakov, Russian historian and poet, born in Novo-Aksakovo, Russia (d. 1860)
• 1817-04-13 Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian and archivist (Brussels), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1898)

• 1817-12-02 Heinrich von Sybel, German historian (Geschichte des ersten Kreuzzugs), born in Düsseldorf, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1895)
• 1818-04-23 James Anthony Froude, English historian and novelist (The Nemesis of Faith), born in Dartington Rectory, Devon (d. 1894)
• 1818-05-01 José Amador de los Ríos, Spanish historian and poet, born in Baena, Spain (d. 1878)
• 1818-05-25 Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1897)
• 1818-10-25 Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian and author (In the Forests), born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire [NS=Nov 6]
• 1819-06-12 Charles Kingsley [Parson Lot], English vicar and historian (Westward Ho!), born in Holne Vicarage, England (d. 1875)
• 1819-09-06 Carl Ferdinand Pohl, German-Austrian music historian and composer, born in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany (d. 1887)
• 1819-09-22 Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (d. 1897)
• 1821-03-14 Jens Worsaae, Danish archaeologist, historian and politician, born in Vejle, Denmark (d. 1885)
• 1823-02-28 Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion
• 1823-08-13 Goldwin Smith, English historian and journalist, born in Reading, Berkshire (d. 1910)
• 1823-08-18 Willem J F Nuyens, Dutch physician, historian
• 1823-09-16 Francis Parkman, American historian and author (Oregon Trail), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1893)
• 1823-11-14 Robert J Fruin, historian (80 year war)
• 1825-06-21 William Stubbs, English historian and Anglican bishop of Oxford, born in High Street, Knaresborough, England (d. 1901)
• 1825-08-04 Arthur Haygarth, English cricket batsman (Middlesex & Surrey, cricket historian), born in Hastings, Sussex, England (d. 1903)
• 1825-08-26 Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian
• 1827-02-22 James Barnet Fry, American historian and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Carrollton, Illinois (d. 1894)
• 1827-10-21 Petrus PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer
• 1828-04-21 Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher and historian (Voyage in Italy), born in Vouziers, Ardennes, France (d. 1893)
• 1828-06-17 Johan Karel Jakob De Jonge, Dutch historian, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1880)
• 1828-11-25 Franjo Rački, Croatian historian and politician, born in Fužine, Austrian Empire (d. 1894)
• 1829-01-03 John G R Acquoy, theologist/church historian
• 1829-08-23 Moritz B. Cantor, German historian of mathematics, born in Mannheim, Germany (d. 1920)
• 1830-03-18 Numa D Fustel de Coulanges, French historian/sociologist
• 1831-01-02 Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard)
• 1832-05-05 Hubert Howe Bancroft, American historian, ethnologist (History of Pacific States), born in Granville, Ohio (d. 1918)
• 1832-11-07 Andrew Dickson White, American historian and educator, 1st President of Cornell University, born in Homer, New York (d. 1918)
• 1833-02-03 Thomas T H Jorissen, Dutch historian
• 1834-01-10 John Dalberg, Baron Acton, English historian & historian (“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"), born in Naples, Italy (d. 1902)
• 1834-02-09 Felix Dahn, German Historian, jurist and poet, born in Hamburg (d. 1912)
• 1834-07-02 Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch lawyer, economist and historian, born in Zetten, Netherlands (d. 1917)
• 1834-09-15 Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian and political writer, born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1896)
• 1835-06-10 Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian
• 1835-10-02 Louis-Antoine Ranvier, French anatomist and historian, born in Lyon, France (d. 1922)
• 1838-02-16 Henry Adams, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1838-05-10 James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman
• 1840-07-25 Flora Adams Darling, American writer and historian, founded Daughters of American Revolution, born in Lancaster, New Hampshire (d. 1910)
• 1840-10-05 John Addington Symonds, British historian and writer (Probs in Greek Ethics), born in Bristol, England (d. 1893)
• 1841-04-26 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, born in Schönborn, Austrian Empire (d. 1886)
• 1842-02-04 Georg Brandes [Morris Cohen], Danish literary historian and critic
• 1842-02-04 Vasili O Klyutshevski, Russian historian
• 1842-02-22 Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor (Ukkel)
• 1842-03-30 John Fiske [Edmund Fisk Green], American historian/philosopher

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Famous Deaths

Deaths 101 - 200 of 555

• 1726-12-02 Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian, dies at 61
• 1732-02-13 Charles-René d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1640)
• 1734-03-21 Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian (b. 1679)
• 1737-05-12 Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian, dies at 83
• 1737-05-17 Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian, dies at 75
• 1737-12-11 John Strype, English historian and biographer, dies at 94
• 1741-12-14 Charles Rollin, French historian, dies at 80
• 1742-07-09 John Oldmixon, English historian (b. 1673)
• 1743-04-04 Daniel Neal, English historian, dies at 64
• 1744-01-23 Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1668)
• 1746-02-28 Hermann von der Hardt, German historian, dies at 85
• 1754-04-02 Thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)
• 1755-08-22 Caspar Burman, Dutch historian and Mayor of Utrecht, dies at 59
• 1755-09-09 Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, German historian (b. 1694)
• 1758-08-29 Gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75
• 1760-04-10 Jean Lebeuf, French historian, dies at 1760
• 1761-02-01 Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French Jesuit prince & historian, dies at 78
• 1763-01-11 Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)
• 1763-10-22 French van Mieris "the Young", painter/historian, dies at 73
• 1766-01-09 Thomas Birch, British historian (b. 1705)
• 1766-09-03 Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (b. 1686)
• 1770-11-24 Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b. 1685)
• 1772-05-22 Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (specialized in history of Trevi, in Umbria), dies at 84
• 1773-03-01 Jan Wagenaar, Dutch historian, dies at 63
• 1773-07-05 Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (b. 1719)
• 1773-08-20 Enrique Florez, Spanish historian, dies at 72

• 1778-03-13 Charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701)
• 1778-08-05 Charles Clémencet, French historian (b. 1703)
• 1778-09-23 Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator and historian, dies at 83
• 1780-02-17 Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian, dies at 73
• 1790-09-02 Johann N von Hontheim, German religious historian/Bishop, dies
• 1791-03-14 Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725)
• 1793-05-13 Martin Gerbert, German composer, music historian and abbot, dies at 72

• 1795-07-03 Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (b. 1714)
• 1795-10-10 Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian, dies at 81
• 1799-12-31 Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer, dies at 76
• 1803-06-08 Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian, dies at 80
• 1807-01-12 Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian, dies at 71
• 1808-09-06 Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian (b. 1723)
• 1814-04-12 Charles Burney, English music historian, dies at 88
• 1816-02-22 Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist and historian, dies at 92
• 1820-01-17 Daniel Albert Wyttenbach, German-Swiss classicl scholar and historian, dies at 73

• 1823-12-14 Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naples Revolution 1799), dies at 53
• 1826-05-10 Giuseppe Sigismondo, Italian historian and composer, dies at 86
• 1830-04-22 Knud Lyne Rahbek, Danish literary historian, dies at 69
• 1833-10-30 Pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, historian/literary, dies at 58
• 1836-06-23 James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian, dies at 63
• 1842-05-15 Emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76
• 1842-06-12 Thomas Arnold, English educator and historian (History of Rome), dies at 46
• 1844-07-15 Claude Charles Fauriel, French historian (b. 1772)
• 1849-10-16 George Washington Williams, 1st major African American historian, dies
• 1853-06-12 Johannes Cornelis de Jonge, Dutch historian and archivist, dies at 60
• 1854-07-04 Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German jurist, dies at 72
• 1855-07-21 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish romantic poet (Blommorna (The Flowers), Lycksalighetens Ö (The Island of Bliss)) and historian (Svenska Siare och Skalder), dies at 65
• 1858-02-16 Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86
• 1859-01-08 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50
• 1859-01-21 Henry Hallam, British lawyer and historian, dies at 81
• 1859-01-28 William H. Prescott, American historian, dies at 62
• 1859-04-16 Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian (b. 1805)
• 1859-12-21 Nicolaas Christiaan Kist, Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian, dies at 66
• 1859-12-28 Thomas Babington Macaulay, English poet and historian (Ivry, Naaseby), dies at 59
• 1860-03-17 Anna Brownell Jameson, Anglo-Irish historian and writer (Loves of the Poets), dies at 65
• 1860-12-07 Konstantin Sergeyevich Aksakov, Russian historian and poet, dies at 43
• 1865-07-15 Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55
• 1866-11-21 Amable-Guillaume-Prosper Brugière, French politician and historian, dies at 84
• 1867-05-23 Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74
• 1871-06-18 George Grote, British historian (History of Greece), dies at 76
• 1871-09-02 Arvid August Afzelius, Swedish poet and historian, dies at 85
• 1872-10-23 Théophile Gautier, French writer, historian and poet (Albertus, La Chanson de Roland, Émaux et camées), dies at 61
• 1873-03-27 Amedée Simon Dominique Thierry, French journalist and historian (b. 1797)
• 1873-06-14 Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian, dies at 92
• 1873-10-09 George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (b. 1785)
• 1874-01-08 Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian, dies at 59
• 1874-02-09 Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75
• 1874-09-12 François Guizot, French historian and politician (17th Prime Minister of France), dies at 86
• 1875-01-23 Charles Kingsley [Parson Lot], English vicar and historian (Westward Ho!), dies at 55
• 1875-03-27 Edgar Quinet, French historian (b. 1803)
• 1875-12-20 Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75
• 1876-01-10 Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70
• 1876-05-19 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch statesman and historian, dies at 74
• 1876-05-26 Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77
• 1876-10-07 Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian, dies at 81
• 1876-10-20 Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 68
• 1877-05-29 John Lothrop Motley, American historian and author (The Rise of the Dutch Republic), dies at 63
• 1878-02-17 José Amador de los Ríos, Spanish historian and poet, dies at 59
• 1879-12-07 Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic independence fighter and Icelandic historian, dies at 68
• 1880-03-15 Johan Karel Jakob De Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51
• 1880-11-19 Bernard ter Haar, Dutch poet (Herbert and Clara) and church historian, dies at 74

• 1882-04-08 Jules Quicherat, French historian and archaeologist, dies at 67
• 1883-02-01 Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian and author (In the Forests), dies at 64 [NS=Feb 13]
• 1883-03-09 Arnold Toynbee, English economic historian and social reformer, dies at 30
• 1885-12-24 Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85

• 1886-08-06 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45
• 1887-03-08 Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 (b. 1813)
• 1887-04-28 Carl Ferdinand Pohl, German-Austrian music historian & composer, dies at 67

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