Historical Events In 1819

May 31   Walt Whitman, West Hills, NY, poet (Leaves of Grass) on this day in history.  

Jun 03   Johann Barthold Jongkind, Lattrop Neth, Dut/Fr painter (Winter Scenes) on this day in history.  

Jun 05   John Couch Adams, English astronomer (co-discover Neptune) on this day in history.  

Jun 06   William Howard Glover, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 10   In the year 1819 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   Charles Kingsley, [Parson Lot], Engl vicar/historian (Westward Ho!) in the year 1819.  

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) on this day in history.  

Jun 20   Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann) in the year 1819.  

Jun 20   Savannah becomes first steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) in the year 1819.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 26   The birth of Abner Doubleday, Publisher on this day in history.  

Jun 27   Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer in the year 1819.  

Jun 30   Ernst Ludwig Gerber, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jul 03   On this day in history louis Theodore Gouvy, composer  

Jul 03   In the year 1819 the first bank in the U.S. opened in New York City. Business was brisk with $2,807 deposited in the Bank for Savings.  

Jul 04   Reuben Eaton Fenton, Governor (Union), died in 1885 in the year 1819.  

Jul 04   William Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet in the year 1819.  

Jul 08   Alexander Hays, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 in the year 1819.  

Jul 09   In the year 1819 elias Howe, Spencer Mass, invented sewing machine  

Jul 19   On this day in history gottfried Keller, writer  

Jul 20   In the year 1819 john Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies  

Jul 20   In the year 1819 paul Henrion, composer  

Jul 24   Sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Aug 01   On this day in history herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)  

Aug 01   The first parachute jump in US on this day in history.  

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

Aug 02   On this day in history the first parachute jump in US  

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   Arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   Thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1892 was born in the year 1819.  

Jan 03   In the year 1819 birth of charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (d. 1900)  

Jan 06   Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886) was born in the year 1819.  

Jan 09   James Francis, Premier of Victoria (d. 1884) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1819.  

Jan 14   Peter Pindar, English satirist (b. 1738) died in the year 1819.  

Jan 20   Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at 70 in the year 1819.  

Mar 08   On this day in history death of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (b. 1739)  

Mar 09   In the year 1819 janos Fusz, composer, dies at 41  

Mar 10   In the year 1819 friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, writer, dies  

Mar 16   On this day in history nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73  

Mar 23   On this day in history august v Kotzebue, writer, dies