1819

Years: 1816 1817 1818 - 1819 - 1820 1821 1822

Decades: 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1819 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Rail transport - Science - South Africa - Sport Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths

1819 was a Common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar).

Events

• 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 originates Singapore
• February 15 - The United States House of Representatives agrees to Tallmadge Amendment to bar slaves from new state of Missouri--opening vote in controversy that leads to Missouri Compromise
• February 22 - Spain cedes Florida to the United States. (See Adams-Onís Treaty)
• March 1 - USS Columbus launched
• March 20 - Burlington Arcade opened in London
• 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 - Battle of Boyacá in Colombia - Simón Bolívar wins
• August 16 - Peterloo massacre in St. Peter's Field, Manchester, UK. Cavalry charge into a crowd of protesters causes deaths of 400.
• December 14 - Alabama is admitted as the 22nd U.S. state.

• Panic of 1819 - first major financial crisis in the United States
• 'Ai Noa in Hawaii.

Births

• February 8 - John Ruskin, English writer, artist, and social critic (d. 1900)
• February 11 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American composer (d. 1890)
• February 14 - Joshua A. Norton, self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico"
• February 22 - James Russell Lowell, American poet and essayist (d. 1891)
• March 3 - Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (d. 1912)
• April 4 - Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
• April 9 - Annibale de Gasparis, Italian astronomer (d. 1892)
• April 11 - Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (d. 1895)
• April 18 - Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (d. 1895)
• April 28 - Ezra Abbot, American Biblical scholar (d. 1884)
• May 5 - Stanisław Moniuszko, Polish composer (d. 1872)
• May 24 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901)
• May 31 - Walt Whitman, American poet (d. 1892)
• June 5 - John Couch Adams, English astronomer (d. 1892)
• June 10 - Gustave Courbet, French painter (d. 1877)
• June 20 - Jacques Offenbach, German-born composer (d. 1880)
• July 19 - Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (d. 1890)
• August 1 - Richard Dadd, British painter (d. 1886)
• August 1 - Herman Melville, American novelist (d. 1891)
• August 13 - Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Irish mathematician and physicist (d. 1903)
• August 25 - Allan Pinkerton, American detective (d. 1884)
• August 26 - Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort to Queen Victoria (d. 1861)
• September 13 - Clara Schumann, German composer and pianist (d. 1896)
• September 17 - Thomas Hendricks, Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
• September 22 - Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (d. 1897)
• October 20 - The Báb, Persian founder of the Bábi Faith (d. 1850)
• November 22 - George Eliot, British novelist (d. 1880)
• December 30 - Theodor Fontane, German writer (d. 1898)
• Felice Orsini, Italian revolutionary (d. 1858)

Deaths

• July 1 - Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (b. 1754)
• August 19 - James Watt, Scottish inventor (b. 1736)
• August 23 - Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval officer (b. 1785)
• September 12 - Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742)
• December 5 - Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet (b. 1750)
• December 19 - Sir Thomas Fremantle, English naval officer and politician (b. 1765)
• Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii