Historical figures in Richmond

The atlas holds 10 people and 24 moments here, from 1745 to 1964. The most recorded lives are Edgar Allan Poe, John Tyler and James Madison. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Jurists, across the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.

Notable people

  1. Abraham Lincoln

    in 1865

    2 moments here

    American lawyer, Illinois legislator, congressman, and sixteenth president of the United States.…

  2. Charles Dickens

    in 1842

    1 moment here

    English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…

  3. Christiaan Barnard

    in 1964

    1 moment here

    South African cardiac surgeon who led the team that performed the first successful human-to-human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape…

  4. Edgar Allan Poe

    from 1811 to 1849

    6 moments here

    American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic whose work helped shape Gothic fiction, detective fiction, and early science fiction.…

  5. George Washington

    in 1791

    1 moment here

    George Washington was a Virginia surveyor, planter, military commander, revolutionary leader, constitutional statesman, and the first president of…

  6. James Madison

    from 1785 to 1829

    3 moments here

    James Madison (1751–1836) was a Virginia planter, revolutionary politician, delegate to the Continental and Confederation congresses, architect of…

  7. James Monroe

    from 1780 to 1829

    2 moments here

    James Monroe was an American Revolutionary War officer, Virginia politician, diplomat, secretary of state and war, and fifth president of the United…

  8. John Tyler

    from 1809 to 1862

    4 moments here

    John Tyler was an American lawyer, Virginia politician, tenth vice president, and tenth president of the United States.…

  9. Thomas Jefferson

    from 1745 to 1781

    2 moments here

    Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…

  10. Ulysses S. Grant

    in 1864

    2 moments here

    Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer, Union commander during the Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States.…

Moments

  1. 1745 Childhood at Tuckahoe Plantation Thomas Jefferson
  2. 1780 Move with Jefferson to the new Virginia capital James Monroe
  3. 1781 Evacuated Richmond with Virginia government Thomas Jefferson
  4. 1785 Virginia Assembly session James Madison
  5. 1788 Virginia Ratifying Convention James Madison
  6. 1791 Passes through Richmond George Washington
  7. 1809 Legal practice in Richmond John Tyler
  8. 1811 Taken into the Allan household Edgar Allan Poe
  9. 1820 Return to Richmond Edgar Allan Poe
  10. 1824 Lafayette visit honor guard Edgar Allan Poe
  11. 1829 Virginia Constitutional Convention James Madison
  12. 1829 Presiding at the Virginia Constitutional Convention James Monroe
  13. 1829 Virginia Constitutional Convention John Tyler
  14. 1835 Return to the Southern Literary Messenger Edgar Allan Poe
  15. 1836 Wedding in Richmond Edgar Allan Poe
  16. 1842 Arrives in Richmond Charles Dickens
  17. 1849 The Poetic Principle lecture Edgar Allan Poe
  18. 1861 Virginia Secession Convention John Tyler
  19. 1862 Death at Ballard House John Tyler
  20. 1864 Assault at Cold Harbor Ulysses S. Grant
  21. 1864 Headquarters at Cold Harbor Ulysses S. Grant
  22. 1865 Returned to Richmond Abraham Lincoln
  23. 1865 Walked through captured Richmond Abraham Lincoln
  24. 1964 Transplant training in Virginia Christiaan Barnard

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