✦ History

Explore January 2, 1824 – August 11, 1850

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Events

American Indian Wars 1609 - 1924
Industrial Revolution 1760 - 1840
Spanish American wars of independence 1808-09-25 - 1833-12-29
Greek War of Independence 1821-02-21 - 1829-09-12
Battle of Junín 1824-08-06 - 1824-08-06
Battle of Ayacucho 1824-12-09 - 1824-12-09
Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825-09-27
Decembrist revolt 1825-12-26
Trail of Tears 1830-05-28 - 1850
July Revolution 1830-07-27 - 1830-07-29
Belgian Revolution 1830-08-25 - 1831-07-21
Nat Turner's slave rebellion 1831-08-21 - 1831-08-23
Black Hawk War 1832-04-06 - 1832-08-27
Reform Act 1832 1832-06-07
Slavery Abolition Act 1833 1833-08-28
Texas Revolution 1835-10-02 - 1836-04-21
Second Seminole War 1835-12-23 - 1842-08-14
Battle of the Alamo 1836-02-23 - 1836-03-06
Battle of San Jacinto 1836-04-21
First Opium War 1839-09-04 - 1842-08-29
Treaty of Waitangi 1840-02-06
Treaty of Nanking 1842-08-29
First Morse telegraph line 1844-05-24
Great Famine (Ireland) 1845-09 - 1852
Texas annexation 1845-12-29
Mexican-American War 1846-04-25 - 1848-02-02
Siege of Fort Texas 1846-05-03 - 1846-05-09
Battle of Palo Alto 1846-05-08 - 1846-05-08
Battle of Resaca de la Palma 1846-05-09 - 1846-05-09
Repeal of the Corn Laws 1846-06-25
Battle of Monterrey 1846-09-21 - 1846-09-24
Battle of San Pasqual 1846-12-06 - 1846-12-07
Battle of El Brazito 1846-12-25 - 1846-12-25
Battle of Río San Gabriel 1847-01-08 - 1847-01-09
Battle of Buena Vista 1847-02-22 - 1847-02-23
Battle of the Sacramento River 1847-02-28 - 1847-02-28
Siege of Veracruz 1847-03-09 - 1847-03-29
Battle of Cerro Gordo 1847-04-18 - 1847-04-18
Battle of Contreras 1847-08-19 - 1847-08-20
Battle of Churubusco 1847-08-20 - 1847-08-20
Battle of Molino del Rey 1847-09-08 - 1847-09-08
Battle of Chapultepec 1847-09-12 - 1847-09-13
Siege of Puebla (1847) 1847-09-14 - 1847-10-12
Sonderbund War 1847-11-03 - 1847-11-29
Revolutions of 1848 1848-01-12 - 1849-10-04
California Gold Rush 1848-01-24 - 1855-12-31
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848-02-02
The Communist Manifesto published 1848-02-21
Italian unification 1848-03-18 - 1871-01-26
Seneca Falls Convention 1848-07-19 - 1848-07-20

People

Queen Victoria age 4
Queen - United Kingdom
John Quincy Adams age 56
President - United States
Andrew Jackson age 56
President - United States
James Monroe age 65
President - United States
Martin Van Buren age 41
President - United States
Zachary Taylor age 39
President - United States
James K. Polk age 28
President - United States
John Tyler age 33
President - United States
Millard Fillmore age 24
President - United States
William Henry Harrison age 50
President - United States
Napoleon III age 15
President - France
Alexander I of Russia age 46
Emperor - Russian Empire
Nicholas I of Russia age 27
Emperor - Russian Empire
Franz Joseph I of Austria born 1830-08-18
Emperor - Austrian Empire
William IV age 58
King - United Kingdom
George IV age 61
King - United Kingdom
Louis XVIII age 68
King - France
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor age 55
Emperor Francis I - Austrian Empire
Charles X of France age 66
King - France
Pedro I of Brazil age 25
Emperor - Brazil
Louis Philippe I age 50
King of the French - France
Victor Emmanuel II age 3
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Pedro II of Brazil born 1825-12-02
Emperor - Brazil
Leopold I of Belgium age 33
King - Belgium
Mahmud II age 38
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Abdülmecid I age 8 months
Sultan - Ottoman Empire
Ferdinand I of Austria age 30
Emperor - Austria-Hungary
Frederick William IV of Prussia age 28
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Antonio López de Santa Anna age 29
President - Mexico
Frederick William III of Prussia age 53
King - Kingdom of Prussia
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar age 51
Shah - Iran
Sam Houston age 30
President - Republic of Texas
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar born 1831-07-17
Shah - Iran
Emperor Kōmei born 1831-07-22
Emperor - Japan
Xianfeng Emperor born 1831-07-17
Emperor - Imperial China
Charles Albert age 25
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Guadalupe Victoria age 37
President - Mexico
Vicente Guerrero age 41
President - Mexico
Daoguang Emperor age 41
Emperor - Imperial China
Mohammad Shah Qajar age 16
Shah - Iran
Charles Felix age 58
King - Kingdom of Sardinia
Emperor Ninkō age 23
Emperor - Japan
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac age 21
President - France
Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure age 56
President - France
Cheoljong of Joseon born 1831-07-25
King - Joseon
Sunjo of Joseon age 33
King - Joseon
Valentín Gómez Farías age 42
President - Mexico
Heonjong of Joseon born 1827-09-08
King - Joseon
Rafael Carrera age 8
President - Guatemala
Nicolás Bravo age 37
President - Mexico
Anastasio Bustamante age 43
President - Mexico
Manuel Gómez Pedraza age 34
President - Mexico
José Joaquín de Herrera age 31
President - Mexico
Mariano Paredes age 27
President - Mexico
José María Bocanegra age 36
President - Mexico
Mirabeau B. Lamar age 25
President - Republic of Texas
Melchor Múzquiz age 35
President - Mexico
Pedro Vélez age 36
President - Mexico
José Mariano Salas age 26
President - Mexico
Manuel de la Peña y Peña age 34
President - Mexico
Miguel Barragán age 34
President - Mexico
Valentín Canalizo age 29
President - Mexico
Francisco Javier Echeverría age 26
President - Mexico
José Justo Corro age 29
President - Mexico
Pedro María de Anaya age 29
President - Mexico
Yohannes III age 27
Emperor - Ethiopia
Anson Jones age 25
President - Republic of Texas
Mariano Rivera Paz age 19
President - Guatemala
David G. Burnet age 35
President - Republic of Texas
Gigar age 79
Emperor - Ethiopia
José Venancio López age 33
President - Guatemala
José Bernardo Escobar age 26
President - Guatemala
Juan Antonio Martínez
President - Guatemala
Mariano Paredes (Guatemalan politician) age 24
President - Guatemala
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington age 54
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Klemens von Metternich age 50
State Chancellor - Austrian Empire
Robert Peel age 35
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
George Canning age 53
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell age 31
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey age 59
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne age 44
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool age 53
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich age 41
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
John Marshall age 68
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Roger B. Taney age 46
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
John C. Calhoun age 41
Vice President - United States
Daniel D. Tompkins age 49
Vice President - United States
Richard Mentor Johnson age 43
Vice President - United States
George M. Dallas age 31
Vice President - United States
Mustafa Reşid Pasha age 23
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Reşid Mehmed Pasha age 44
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha age 55
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha age 44
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Selim Pasha age 53
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Mehmed Said Galip Pasha age 61
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
Topal Izzet Mehmed Pasha age 32
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
İbrahim Sarim Pasha
Grand Vizier - Ottoman Empire
James Buchanan age 32
Secretary of State - United States
Daniel Webster age 41
Secretary of State - United States
Henry Clay age 46
Secretary of State - United States
Winfield Scott age 37
Commanding General of the US Army - United States
Lewis Cass age 41
Secretary of War - United States
William L. Marcy age 37
Secretary of War - United States
William H. Crawford age 51
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Edward Livingston age 59
Secretary of State - United States
Louis McLane age 37
Secretary of State - United States
John Forsyth age 43
Secretary of State - United States
Abel P. Upshur age 33
Secretary of State - United States
John M. Clayton age 27
Secretary of State - United States
Levi Woodbury age 34
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Richard Rush age 43
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Thomas Ewing age 34
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
William Wirt age 51
Attorney General - United States
James Barbour age 48
Secretary of War - United States
Thomas Corwin age 29
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John J. Crittenden age 36
Attorney General - United States
John Bell (Tennessee politician) age 27
Secretary of War - United States
John Canfield Spencer age 36
Secretary of War - United States
John Eaton (politician) age 33
Secretary of War - United States
Felix Grundy age 46
Attorney General - United States
William J. Duane age 43
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Joel Roberts Poinsett age 44
Secretary of War - United States
George M. Bibb age 47
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John M. Berrien age 42
Attorney General - United States
Samuel D. Ingham age 44
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Walter Forward age 37
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John Nelson age 32
Secretary of State - United States
Nathan Clifford age 20
Attorney General - United States
Henry D. Gilpin age 22
Attorney General - United States
William M. Meredith age 24
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer age 41
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Isaac Toucey age 31
Attorney General - United States
John Y. Mason age 24
Attorney General - United States
Peter Buell Porter age 50
Secretary of War - United States
George W. Crawford age 25
Secretary of War - United States
Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby age 26
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Hugh S. Legaré age 27
Secretary of State - United States
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne age 43
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Reverdy Johnson age 27
Attorney General - United States
John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough age 42
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet age 31
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook age 27
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax age 23
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet age 24
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey age 42
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
James Madison Porter age 31
Secretary of War - United States
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto age 41
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville age 52
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Henry Goulburn age 39
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington age 43
First Lord of the Admiralty - United Kingdom
Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon age 33
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
John Charles Herries age 45
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
James Alexander Hamilton age 35
Secretary of State - United States
William S. Derrick age 21
Secretary of State - United States
William Sturges Bourne age 54
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Jacob L. Martin age 13
Secretary of State - United States
Benjamin Disraeli age 19
Leader of the Opposition - United Kingdom
William Ewart Gladstone age 14
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen age 39
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby age 24
Leader - Conservative Party (UK)
James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie age 11
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
William Huskisson age 53
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland age 39
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon age 23
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg age 45
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland age 50
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton age 25
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley age 57
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell age 44
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle age 21
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton age 49
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland age 8
Leader of the Opposition - United Kingdom
Charles Williams-Wynn age 48
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham age 24
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Charles Arbuthnot age 56
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey age 40
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Franklin Pierce age 19
Senate - United States
Jefferson Davis age 15
Senate - United States
William H. Seward age 22
Senate - United States
Hannibal Hamlin age 14
Senate - United States
William R. King age 37
Senate - United States
Salmon P. Chase age 15
Senate - United States
John Adams Dix age 25
Senate - United States
Simon Cameron age 24
Senate - United States
Charles Magill Conrad age 19
Senate - United States
Samuel Smith age 71
Senate - United States
John Chandler age 61
Senate - United States
Abraham Lincoln age 14
House of Representatives - United States
Andrew Johnson age 15
House of Representatives - United States
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston age 39
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
William Wilberforce age 64
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John C. Breckinridge age 2
House of Representatives - United States
Davy Crockett age 37
House of Representatives - United States
Henry Addington age 66
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
James G. Blaine born 1830-01-31
House of Representatives - United States
Joseph E. Johnston age 16
House of Representatives - United States
Edward Everett age 29
House of Representatives - United States
John Sherman age 7 months
House of Representatives - United States
Alexander H. Stephens age 11
House of Representatives - United States
Albert Gallatin age 62
House of Representatives - United States