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Historical Events for the Year 1819

  • 29th January » Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
  • 6th February » Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
  • 7th February » Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
  • 17th February » The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise for the first time.
  • 19th February » British Empire British exploration explorer William Smith (mariner) William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of George III of the United Kingdom King George III.
  • 22nd February » By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain History of Florida named sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
  • 22nd May » The SS or Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrived at Liverpool, England, on June 20.
  • 25th May » The Argentine Constitution of 1819 is Promulgation or promulgated.
  • 20th June » The U.S. vessel SS known as Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean or Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
  • 3rd July » The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
  • 6th August » Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
  • 7th August » Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
  • 14th December » Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
  • 17th December » Simón Bolívar declares the independence of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela).

Famous Birthdays in 1819

  • 1st January » Arthur Hugh Clough, British poet (d. 1861)
  • 3rd January » Charles Piazzi Smyth, Italian astronomer (d. 1900)
  • 6th January » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)
  • 9th January » James Francis, Australian politician, 9th Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)
  • 14th January » Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Romanian poet (d. 1872)
  • 8th February » John Ruskin, English author (d. 1900)
  • 11th February » Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American organist and composer (d. 1890)
  • 14th February » Christopher Latham Sholes, American journalist and politician, invented the typewriter (d. 1890)
  • 20th February » Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician (d. 1882)
  • 22nd February » James Russell Lowell, American poet (d. 1891)
  • 3rd March » Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (d. 1912)
  • 11th March » Henry Tate, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Tate & Lyle (d. 1899)
  • 28th March » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer (d. 1891)
  • 29th March » Edwin Drake, American oil entrepreneur and businessman (d. 1880)
  • 31st March » Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (d. 1901)
  • 4th April » Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
  • 11th April » Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (d. 1895)
  • 18th April » Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban lawyer and activist (d. 1874)
  • 18th April » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1895)
  • 28th April » Ezra Abbot, American scholar (d. 1884)
  • 16th May » Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (d. 1890)
  • 24th May » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901)
  • 27th May » Julia Ward Howe, American poet (d. 1910)
  • 30th May » William McMurdo, English general (d. 1894)
  • 31st May » Walt Whitman, American poet and author (d. 1892)
  • 1st June » Francis V, Duke of Modena (d. 1875)
  • 3rd June » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1892)
  • 5th June » John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)
  • 10th June » Gustave Courbet, French painter (d. 1877)
  • 12th June » Charles Kingsley, English priest, historian, and author (d. 1875)
  • 14th June » Henry Gardner, American politician, 23rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1892)
  • 20th June » Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (d. 1880)
  • 26th June » Abner Doubleday, American general (d. 1893)
  • 29th June » Thomas Dunn English, American politician, author, and songwriter who had a feud with Edgar Allan Poe (d. 1902)
  • 2nd July » Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer (d. 1900)
  • 8th July » Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer (d. 1907)
  • 9th July » Elias Howe, American inventor, invented the sewing machine (d. 1867)
  • 19th July » Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright (d. 1890)
  • 26th July » Justin Holland American guitarist and activist (d. 1887)
  • 1st August » Herman Melville, American author and poet (d. 1891)
  • 13th August » Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Irish-English mathematician and physicist (d. 1903)
  • 18th August » Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819–1876) e.g Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1876)
  • 19th August » Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1894)
  • 26th August » Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1861)
  • 6th September » William Rosecrans, American general and politician (d. 1898)
  • 7th September » Thomas A. Hendricks, American politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
  • 13th September » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (d. 1896)
  • 15th September » Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902)
  • 17th September » Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (d. 1901)
  • 18th September » Léon Foucault, French physicist (d. 1868)
  • 21st September » Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (d. 1864)
  • 22nd September » Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian and academic (d. 1897)
  • 23rd September » Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (d. 1896)
  • 28th September » Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol, Catalan engineer (d. 1885)
  • 10th October » Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian and author (d. 1883)
  • 16th October » Austin F. Pike, American politician (d. 1886)
  • 20th October » Báb, Iranian religious leader, founded Bábism (d. 1850)
  • 20th October » Karol Mikuli, Ukrainian-Polish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1897)
  • 22nd November » George Eliot, English journalist, author, and poet (d. 1880)
  • 22nd December » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (d. 1870)
  • 22nd December » Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic (d. 1892)
  • 23rd December » Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889)
  • 26th December » E. D. E. N. Southworth, American author (d. 1899)
  • 30th December » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (d. 1898)
  • 30th December » John W. Geary, American lawyer and politician, 16th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1873)

Famous Deaths in History for 1819

  • 20th January » Charles IV of Spain (b. 1748)
  • 7th February » August Wilhelm Hupel, German-Estonian linguist and clergyman (b. 1737)
  • 25th February » Francisco Manoel de Nascimento, Portuguese poet (b. 1734)
  • 8th March » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel and politician (b. 1739)
  • 2nd May » Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744)
  • 8th May » Kamehameha I of Hawaii (b. 1758)
  • 5th June » Bodawpaya, Burmese king (b. 1745)
  • 1st July » Jemima Wilkinson, American evangelist (b. 1752)
  • 5th July » William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician (b.1744)
  • 3rd August » Simon Knéfacz, Croatian monk and author (b. 1752)
  • 23rd August » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
  • 25th August » James Watt, Scottish-English engineer (b. 1736)
  • 16th September » John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
  • 6th October » Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (b. 1751)
  • 15th October » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, Saint Petersburg Governorate e.g War Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1744)
  • 15th November » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
  • 5th December » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
  • 19th December » Thomas Fremantle (Royal Navy officer) called Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (b. 1765)