Events in year of 1819
- 01-16Godert baron van der de Capellen becomes Governor of Dutch-Indies
- 01-28Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore
- 02-06Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore
- 03-02Territory of Arkansas organized
- 03-02US passed its 1st immigration law
- 04-021st successful agricultural journal ("American Farmer") begins
- 04-26Odd Fellows Lodge forms
- 05-211st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in New York City
- 05-221st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Ga)
- 06-12Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra
- 06-20320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)
- 07-031st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors
- 07-04William Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet
- 08-021st parachute jump in US
- 08-16Manchester Massacre: English police charge unemployed demonstrators
- 09-06Thomas Blanchard patents lathe
- 09-171st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii
- 10-221st ship sails by Erie-channel (Rome-Utica)
- 12-14Alabama admitted to Union as 22nd state
People born in year of 1819
- 01-01Arthur Hugh Clough: Poet, friend of Matthew Arnold
- 01-01George Foster Shepley: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
- 01-03Thomas Hill Watts: Attorney General (Confederacy), died in 1892
- 01-12Zealous Bates Tower: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1900
- 01-14Fabio Campana: Composer
- 01-14Frederick Steele: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
- 02-01Henry Lawrence Eustis: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
- 02-04Joshua Norton: San Francisco, California -- Norton I, Emperor of USA
- 02-08John Ruskin: Writer / critic / artist / Gothic Revivalist (Prerafaelite)
- 02-10Richard Storrs Willis: Composer
- 02-11Samuel Parkman Tuckerman: Composer
- 02-14James Green Martin: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1878
- 02-15Christopher Sholes: Mooresburg, Pennsylvania -- Inventor (typewriter)
- 02-18Joseph Philbrick Webster: Composer
- 02-19Mark Prager Lindo: English / Dutch author / Novelist / writer
- 02-22Bernardo Calvo Puig: Composer
- 02-22James Russell Lowell: Poet / critic / diplomat / abolitionist
- 03-04Charles Oberthur: Composer
- 03-11Henry Tate: English sugar producer (Tate Gallery)
- 03-11Marius Petipa: French ballet dancer / choreographer (Don Quiotte)
- 03-19David Henry Williams: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
- 03-22William Wirt Adams: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1888
- 03-26Francisco Eduardo da Costa: Composer
- 03-26Louise Otto: Germany -- Author / feminist
- 03-29Edwin Drake: Drilled 1st productive US oil well
- 03-29Isaac Mayer Wise: Rabbi / founder (American Hebrew Congregations)
- 04-06Johann A H Scheler: Belgian librarian
- 04-07Hubert Leonard: Composer
- 04-14Charles Halle: Pianist / conductor / founder (Halle Orch)
- 05-01William Steele: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
People died in year of 1819
- 01-08Christian Gottlob Saupe: Composer, dies at 55
- 01-20Carlos IV: King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at 70
- 03-09Janos Fusz: Composer, dies at 41
- 03-10Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi: Writer
- 03-16Nicolas Sejan: Composer, dies at 73
- 03-23August v Kotzebue: Writer
- 05-11Caspar Furstenau: Composer, dies at 47
- 05-16Alexander van Bylandt: Military, dies at 75
- 05-22John H van Kinsbergen: Lieutenant Admiral / founder (Corps Marines), dies at 84
- 06-26Johann Wilhelm Stadler: Composer, dies at 71
- 06-26Slome Duikelar [Abraham J Swalff]: Yiddish writer
- 06-30Ernst Ludwig Gerber: Composer, dies at 72
- 07-20John Playfair: Scottish geologist / mathematician
- 07-24Sophie Gail: Composer, dies at 43
- 08-23Oliver Hazard Perry: Naval hero, dies on 34th birthday
- 09-06Georg Druschetzky: Composer, dies at 74
- 09-07Jean-Louis Duport: Composer, dies at 69
- 09-08Franz Stanislaus Spindler: Composer, dies at 56
- 09-14Erik Acharius: Swedish botanist
- 09-28Karl Haack: Composer, dies at 68
- 09-30Nicolas Roze: Composer, dies at 74
- 10-06Charles Emanuel II: King of Sardinia (1796-1802) / Jesuit
- 10-13Giovanni Battista Gaiani: Composer, dies at 61
- 10-15F Louise W: Daughter of Viceroy Willem V, dies at 48
- 10-20Lambert-Francois Godecharle: Composer, dies at 66
- 11-05Dirk van den Boetzelaer: Regent of Holland, dies at 55
- 12-09Ann C Coleman: Fiancee of President Buchanan, commits suicide
- 12-20Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis: Composer, dies at 50
Events in year of 1820
- 01-12Royal Astronomical Society founded in England
- 01-30Edward Bransfield aboard Williams discovers Antarctica (UK claim)
- 02-061st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (NY to Sierra Leone)
- 02-06US population announced at 9,638,453 (1,771,656 blacks (18.4%))
- 02-23Cato Street conspiracy uncovered
- 03-03Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri
- 03-05Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays
- 03-15Maine admitted as 23rd state
- 03-25Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack
- 06-28Tomato is proven non-poisonous
- 08-071st potatoes planted in Hawaii
- 08-141st US eye hospital, the New York Eye Infirmary, opens in New York City
- 10-09Guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador
- 10-20Spain sells part of Florida to US for $5 million
- 11-03Cuenca Ecuador declares independence
- 11-07James Monroe elected 5th US President
- 11-18Antarctica discovered by US Navy Captain Nathaniel B Palmer
- 12-06US President James Monroe re-elected
- 12-151st General pharmacopoeia in US published, Boston
- 12-20Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50
People born in year of 1820
- 01-09Pavel Krizkovsky: Composer
- 01-17Anne Bronte: English Novelist / poet (Tenant of Wildfell Hall)
- 01-18Abraham Buford: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1884
- 01-19John Haskell King: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
- 01-20Anne Jemima Clough: England, United Kingdom -- Promoted higher education for women
- 01-22Hermann von Lingg: German playwright / poet
- 01-22Johan Hendrik Koelman: Portrait painter (Jahresringe)
- 01-23Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov: Composer
- 01-24John Milton Thayer: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
- 02-02Hans E Schack: Danish politician / writer (Phantasterne)
- 02-03Elisha Kent Kane: US Arctic explorer (Kane Basin off NW Greenland)
- 02-08William Tecumseh Sherman: Major General (Union Army), died in 1891
- 02-13Bela Albrecht Pal Keler: Composer
- 02-17Henri Vieuxtemps: Verviers, Belgium -- Composer / teacher (Brussels Cons)
- 02-20Mahlon Dickerson Manson: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
- 02-28John Tenniel: England, United Kingdom -- Cartoonist / illustrator (Alice in Wonderland)
- 02-29Adolf Schimon: Composer
- 03-01George Davis: Attorney General (Confederacy), died in 1896
- 03-01Richard Redhead: Composer
- 03-02Multatuli: Writer
- 03-03Eduard Douwes Dekker [Multatuli]: Dutch writer (Max Havelaar)
- 03-06Horatio Gouverneur Wright: Major General (Union volunteers)
- 03-07Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman: Composer
- 03-13Louis Herbert: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
- 03-14Victor Emmanuel II: King of Sardinia (1849-61) / Italy (1861-78)
- 03-17Patrick Edward Connor: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
- 03-20Alexander J Cuza: Monarch of Moldavia / Wallachia / Romania
- 03-21Frank Mori: Composer
- 03-25Xavier F M G: Earl of Merode, Belgian Minister to Pope (in Rome)
- 04-04Charles Devens, Jr.: Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891
People died in year of 1820
- 01-17Daniel W Wyttenbach: Dutch classicist / historian, dies at 73
- 01-25Joseph F Weigl: German / Austria violin cellist, dies at 79
- 01-29George III: King of Great-Britain (1760-1820), dies at 81
- 02-07Samuel Adams Holyoke: Composer, dies at 57
- 02-12Guillaume Albert Teniers: Composer, dies at 71
- 02-14Charles F: Duke of Berry, murdered at 42
- 02-15Pierre-Joseph Cambon: Member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63
- 02-15William Ellery: US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 92
- 03-11Benjamin West: British Painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81
- 03-22Stephen Decatur: Killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41
- 03-26Jean-Etienne Despreaux: Composer, dies at 71
- 04-05Henrik C Cras: Lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii), dies at 81
- 04-20Arthur Young: Author (Annals of Agriculture)
- 05-10Matthaus Stegmayer: Composer, dies at 49
- 05-14Paul Friedrich Struck: Composer, dies at 43
- 06-09Wilhelmina FS: Princess of Prussia / Orange, dies at 68
- 06-19Joseph Banks: English natural Historian (Cook / Australia)
- 08-06Antonin Vranicky: Composer, dies at 59
- 08-06M A Elisa Bonaparte: Corsican Monarch of Lucca, dies at 43
- 08-11Janos Lavotta: Composer, dies at 56
- 09-07Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma: Fries regent / patriot, dies at 67
- 09-17Henri Hamal: Composer, dies at 76
- 09-21Joseph R Drake: US Poet (American Flag), dies at 25
- 09-26Daniel Boone: Frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85
- 10-03Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith: Composer, dies at 74
- 10-12Elias Annes Borger: Theologist / Poet (Ode on the Rhine), dies at 36
- 12-21Charles-Francois Dumonchau: Composer, dies at 45
Events in year of 1821
- 01-21Paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die
- 01-28Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica
- 02-12Mercantile Library of City of New York opens
- 02-22Spain sells (east) Florida to United States for $5 million
- 02-23College of Apothecaries organized in Phil; 1st US pharmacy college
- 02-24Mexico gains independence from Spain
- 03-05Monroe is 1st President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun
- 03-14African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (NY)
- 03-25Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day)
- 05-30James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose
- 05-31Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st US Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore
- 06-21African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church organizes (NYC)
- 06-23Dutch troops conquer Palembang
- 07-17Spain cedes Florida to US
- 07-28Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day)
- 08-041st edition of Saturday Evening Post (publishes until 1969)
- 08-061st edition of "Courrier of Pays-Bas" newspaper published in Brussels
- 08-10Missouri admitted as 24th US state
- 08-19Failed liberal coup against French King Louis XVIII
- 08-23Mexico declares independence
- 09-011st colonies along Santa Fe Trail
- 09-15Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua gain independ
- 09-27Mexican Empire declares its independence
- 09-27Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw
- 11-091st US pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Philadelphia
- 11-28Panama declares independence from Spain
- 12-01Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain
- 12-17Kentucky abolishes debtors prisons
- 12-28Naples: Gioacchini Rossini moves to Bologna
People born in year of 1821
- 01-04John James Peck: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
- 01-07Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
- 01-08James Longstreet: Confederate General (1st Corps, ANV)
- 01-12Nikolai Afanisev: Composer
- 01-15Lafayette McLaws: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
- 01-21John Cabell Breckinridge: (D) 14th US VP (1857-61) / Major General (Confed)
- 01-29Isaac Ferdinand Quinby: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
- 02-01Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg: Composer
- 02-03Elizabeth Blackwell: Bristol, England -- 1st woman Physician
- 02-10William Read Scurry: (Confederate Army Brigadier General) Died in 1864.
- 02-11Hermann Allmers: Writer
- 02-15Abraham de Amorie van der de Have: Theologist / poet
- 02-16Heinrich Barth: Hamburg, Germany -- Geographer / explorer (Central Africa)
- 02-19Francis Preston Blair, Jr.: Lexington, Kentucky -- (Rep-Missouri)
- 02-21Charles Scribner: United States -- Music publisher (Scribner Catalog)
- 03-12Luitpold von Bayern: Prince-regent of Bayern
- 03-14Jens Worsaae: Denmark -- Archaeologist
- 03-16Ernest Feydeau: French author (Georges Feydeau)
- 03-19Francis Barretto Spinola: Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
- 03-19William Allingham: Irish poet (Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland)
- 03-23Aleksej F Pisemski: Russian writer (Clodhopper)
- 03-24[George] Hector Tyndale: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
- 03-26Earnest Angel: German statistician (Law of Angel)
- 03-29Joshua Thomas Owen: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
- 04-04Linus Yale: United States -- Portrait painter / inventor (Yale cylinder lock)
- 04-09Charles-Pierre Baudelaire: France -- Symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil)
- 04-15Emerson Brown Joseph: (Confederacy), died in 1894
- 04-16Ford Maddox Brown: Painter
- 04-19Mortimer Dormer Leggett: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
- 04-23Pierre Dupont: Song writer
People died in year of 1821
- 01-04Elizabeth Ann Seton: 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland
- 01-25Johan Valckenier: Dutch politician / patriot, dies at 62
- 02-08Paul Anton Wineberger: Composer, dies at 62
- 02-23John Keats: Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome
- 02-23Marie-Anne Collot: French sculptor
- 03-23Bernhard Anselm Weber: Pianist / conductor / composer, dies at 56
- 04-09Felix Maximo Lopez: Composer, dies at 78
- 04-20Franz K Achard: German physicist / chemist, dies at 67
- 04-22John Crome [Old Crome]: English landscape Painter / etcher, dies at 52
- 05-05Napoleon I Bonaparte: Emperor France (1799-1815), dies in St Helena
- 05-15John Wall Calcott: Composer, dies at 54
- 06-18Charles Hague: Composer, dies at 52
- 07-09Tommaso Sogner: Composer, dies at 58
- 07-21Maurice J M Prince de Broglie: Bishop of Ghent, dies at about 55
- 08-01Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson): Actress / Author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68
- 08-04William Floyd: US soldier / signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86
- 08-06Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni: Composer, dies at 64
- 08-10Salvatore Vigano: Composer, dies at 52
- 08-29Horace Coignet: Composer, dies at 86
- 09-27Luis (Philippus) Brion: Curacaos Admiral / Supreme Commander, dies at 39
- 10-09Georg-Friederich Fuchs: Composer, dies at 68
- 11-10Andreas J Romberg: German violinist / Composer (Der Rabe), dies at 54
- 11-26Friedrich Heine: Composer, dies at 57
- 12-20Gian Francesco Fortunati: Composer, dies at 75
- 12-29Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael: S Netherlands General, dies at 61
- 12-30Angelo Maria Benincori: Composer, dies at 42