Page 3: Historical Events In 1819

May 31   Walt Whitman, West Hills, NY, poet (Leaves of Grass) in the year 1819.   

Jun 03   On this day in history johann Barthold Jongkind, Lattrop Neth, Dut/Fr painter (Winter Scenes)   

Jun 05   On this day in history john Couch Adams, English astronomer (co-discover Neptune)   

Jun 06   William Howard Glover, composer in the year 1819.   

Jun 10   On this day in history j D Gustave Courbet, French realist painter (Demoiselles the la Seine)   

Jun 10   In the year 1819 the birth of Gustav Courbet, French painter   

Jun 12   In the year 1819 charles Kingsley, [Parson Lot], Engl vicar/historian (Westward Ho!)   

Jun 12   Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra in the year 1819.   

Jun 20   320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) in the year 1819.   

Jun 20   In the year 1819 jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann)   

Jun 20   Savannah becomes first steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) on this day in history.   

Jun 26   Abner Doubleday, Mjr Gen (Union)/inventor (baseball) [or 1/26] on this day in history.   

Jun 26   Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1819.   

Jun 26   The birth of Abner Doubleday, Publisher in the year 1819.   

Jun 27   Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 30   In the year 1819 ernst Ludwig Gerber, composer, dies at 72   

Jun 30   William A Wheeler, (R) 19th VP (1877-81) on this day in history.   

Jul 03   1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors in the year 1819.   

Jul 03   Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer in the year 1819.   

Jul 03   The first bank in the U.S. opened in New York City. Business was brisk with $2,807 deposited in the Bank for Savings on this day in history.   

Jul 04   On this day in history reuben Eaton Fenton, Governor (Union), died in 1885   

Jul 04   On this day in history william Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet   

Jul 08   Alexander Hays, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

Jul 09   Elias Howe, Spencer Mass, invented sewing machine on this day in history.   

Jul 19   Gottfried Keller, writer in the year 1819.   

Jul 20   John Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

Jul 20   Paul Henrion, composer in the year 1819.   

Jul 24   On this day in history sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43   

Aug 01   In the year 1819 herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)   

Aug 01   On this day in history the first parachute jump in US   

Aug 02   1st parachute jump in US on this day in history.   

Aug 02   The first parachute jump in US in the year 1819.   

Aug 06   Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States in the year 1819.   

Aug 06   On this day in history samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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Jan 01   In the year 1819 birth of arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold   

Jan 01   George Foster Shepley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1878 was born in the year 1819.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1892   

Jan 03   Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (d. 1900) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1819 birth of baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)   

Jan 09   In the year 1819 birth of james Francis, Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of zealous Bates Tower, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1900   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of fabio Campana, composer   

Jan 08   Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1819 death of peter Pindar, English satirist (b. 1738)   

Jan 20   In the year 1819 carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at 70   

Mar 08   In the year 1819 death of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (b. 1739)   

Mar 09   Janos Fusz, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1819.   

Mar 10   Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, writer, dies in the year 1819.   

Mar 16   Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1819.   

Mar 23   August v Kotzebue, writer, dies in the year 1819.