1819
1819 was a
common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar).
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January 17 -
Simón Bolívar proclaims the
Republic of Gran Colombia*
January 29 - Sir
Stamford Raffles lands on the island of
Singapore*
February 6 - Formal treaty between
Sultan Hussein of Johor and the British Sir
Thomas Stamford Raffles establishes a trading settlement in
Singapore*
February 15 - The
United States House of Representatives agrees to the Tallmadge Amendment barring slaves from the new state of Missouri, the opening vote in a controversy that leads to the
Missouri Compromise*
February 22 -
Spain cedes
Florida to the
United States. (see
Adams-Onís Treaty)
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March 1 -
U.S. naval vessel
USS Columbus is launched in Washington, DC.
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March 20 –
Burlington Arcade opened in London
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May 22 - The
SS Savannah leaves port at
Savannah, Georgia on a voyage to become the first
steamship to cross the
Atlantic Ocean. The ship will arrive at
Liverpool, England on
June 20*
August 6 Norwich University founded by Captain
Alden Partridge in
Vermont as the first private military school in the
United States*
August 7 –
Simón Bolívar is victorious in the
Battle of Boyacá in
Colombia*
August 16 -
Peterloo Massacre in
St. Peter's Field,
Manchester,
UK. Cavalry charge into a crowd of protesters results in 11 deaths and over 400 injuries.
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December 14 -
Alabama is admitted as the 22nd
U.S. state.
Month/day unknown
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Panic of 1819 - first major
financial crisis in the
United States*
'Ai Noa in
Hawaii.
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French paradox first identified.
*Physician
Dr. Thomas Sewall convicted on multiple counts of grave robbing in Massachusetts.
January-April
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February 8 -
John Ruskin, English writer, artist, and social critic (d.
1900)
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February 11 -
Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (d.
1890)
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February 14 -
Joshua A. Norton, self-proclaimed "
Emperor of the
United States and Protector of
Mexico" (d.
1880)
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February 20 -
Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d.
1882)
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February 22 -
James Russell Lowell, American poet and essayist (d.
1891)
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March 3 -
Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (d.
1912)
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March 31 -
Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst,
Chancellor of Germany (d.
1901)
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April 4 - Queen
Maria II of Portugal (d.
1853)
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April 9 -
Annibale de Gasparis, Italian astronomer (d.
1892)
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April 11 -
Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (d.
1895)
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April 18 -
Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (d.
1895)
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April 28 -
Ezra Abbot, American Biblical scholar (d.
1884)
May-August
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May 5 -
Stanisław Moniuszko, Polish composer (d.
1872)
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May 24 -
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d.
1901)
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May 31 -
Walt Whitman, American poet (d.
1892)
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June 5 -
John Couch Adams, English astronomer (d.
1892)
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June 10 -
Gustave Courbet, French painter (d.
1877)
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June 20 -
Jacques Offenbach, German-born composer (d.
1880)
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June 29 -
Nicolae Bălcescu, Wallachian revolutionary (d.
1852)
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July 19 -
Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (d.
1890)
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August 1 -
Richard Dadd, British painter (d.
1886)
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August 1 -
Herman Melville, American novelist (d.
1891)
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August 13 - Sir
George Gabriel Stokes, Irish mathematician and physicist (d.
1903)
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August 25 -
Allan Pinkerton, American detective (d.
1884)
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August 26 - Prince
Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort to
Queen Victoria (d.
1861)
September-December
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September 7 -
Thomas Hendricks,
Vice President of the United States (d.
1885)
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September 13 -
Clara Schumann, German composer and pianist (d.
1896)
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September 22 -
Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (d.
1897)
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October 20 - The
Báb, Persian founder of the
Bábi Faith and the first of the three Central Figures of the
Baha'i Faith (d.
1850)
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November 22 -
George Eliot, British novelist (d.
1880)
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December 30 -
Theodor Fontane, German writer (d.
1898)
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Felice Orsini, Italian revolutionary (d.
1858)
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May 8 -
Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (b. unknown)
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May 22 -
Hugh Williamson, American Founding Father (b.
1735)
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July 1 -
Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (b.
1754)
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August 19 -
James Watt, Scottish inventor (b.
1736)
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August 23 -
Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval officer (b.
1785)
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September 12 -
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b.
1742)
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December 5 -
Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet (b.
1750)
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December 19 - Sir
Thomas Fremantle, English naval officer and politician (b.
1765)
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1819 Coin Pictures
