Historical figures in Hartford
The atlas holds 9 people and 14 moments here, from 1824 to 2008. The most recorded lives are Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain and Martin Luther King Jr.. Among them Writers, Military Leaders and Musicians and Composers, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Carrie Fisher
in 2008
1 moment here
Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress, writer, and public advocate, internationally known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films.…
Charles Dickens
in 1842
1 moment here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
F. W. de Klerk
in 1997
1 moment here
South African lawyer and National Party politician who served as State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994…
Gerald Ford
in 1988
1 moment here
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…
Harriet Beecher Stowe
from 1824 to 1896
4 moments here
American author and abolitionist best known for Uncle Tom's Cabin. Her documented life included formative years in Connecticut, a long residence in…
Katharine Hepburn
in 1907
1 moment here
American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…
Mark Twain
from 1871 to 1874
2 moments here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1944
2 moments here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Willy Brandt
in 1971
1 moment here
German Social Democratic politician, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in Lübeck. He lived in exile in Norway and Sweden during the Nazi era, became…
Moments
- 1824 Student at Hartford Female Seminary Harriet Beecher Stowe
- 1842 Visits Hartford institutions Charles Dickens
- 1864 Move to Nook Farm Harriet Beecher Stowe
- 1871 Forest Street home Harriet Beecher Stowe
- 1871 Moves to Hartford Mark Twain
- 1874 Occupies the Mark Twain House Mark Twain
- 1896 Death in Hartford Harriet Beecher Stowe
- 1907 Birth in Hartford Katharine Hepburn
- 1944 Visits integrated Hartford Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1944 Works on Simsbury tobacco farm Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1971 Visit to Hartford Willy Brandt
- 1988 Central Connecticut State honorary doctorate Gerald Ford
- 1997 Address at Central Connecticut State University F. W. de Klerk
- 2008 Wishful Drinking at Hartford Stage Carrie Fisher