Historical figures in 1816

The atlas holds 16 people and 31 moments here, in 1816. The most recorded lives are Carl Friedrich Gauss, Simón Bolívar and Lord Byron. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Educators.

Notable people

  1. Abraham Lincoln

    in 1816

    1 moment here

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

  2. Carl Friedrich Gauss

    in 1816

    6 moments here

    German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist. Gauss was born in Brunswick, studied there and at Göttingen, worked privately in…

  3. Charlotte Brontë

    in 1816

    1 moment here

    English novelist, poet, and governess, best known for Jane Eyre. This chronology records documented physical presences from her birth in Thornton…

  4. Edgar Allan Poe

    in 1816

    1 moment here

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

  5. Franz Schubert

    in 1816

    2 moments here

    Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Schubert was born and died in Vienna, received formative education there, taught in…

  6. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

    in 1816

    1 moment here

    German philosopher and a central figure of German idealism. His documented movements include formative study in Stuttgart and Tübingen; tutoring…

  7. Heinrich Heine

    in 1816

    1 moment here

    German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…

  8. Honoré de Balzac

    in 1816

    1 moment here

    French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…

  9. James K. Polk

    in 1816

    1 moment here

    James Knox Polk was the eleventh president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. Born in North Carolina and raised largely in Tennessee,…

  10. James Watt

    in 1816

    1 moment here

    Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist whose separate-condenser improvement to the steam engine was foundational to industrialization.…

  11. Jane Austen

    in 1816

    1 moment here

    English novelist Jane Austen spent her life in southern England, principally in Hampshire, Bath, Southampton, Chawton, and Winchester.…

  12. John Tyler

    in 1816

    1 moment here

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

  13. Lord Byron

    in 1816

    5 moments here

    George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a British poet, peer, and political speaker.…

  14. Ludwig van Beethoven

    in 1816

    1 moment here

    German composer and pianist whose life was centered first in Bonn and, from 1792, in Vienna.…

  15. Otto von Bismarck

    in 1816

    1 moment here

    Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…

  16. Simón Bolívar

    in 1816

    6 moments here

    Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador. Bolívar led revolutionary campaigns that helped secure the independence of…

Moments

  1. 1816 Instrument journey to Gotha Carl Friedrich Gauss
  2. 1816 Instrument journey to Munich Carl Friedrich Gauss
  3. 1816 Journey through Reichenhall Carl Friedrich Gauss
  4. 1816 Journey to Berchtesgaden Carl Friedrich Gauss
  5. 1816 Visit to Joseph Fraunhofer Carl Friedrich Gauss
  6. 1816 Boarding school in Chelsea Edgar Allan Poe
  7. 1816 Guest in Schober's lodgings Franz Schubert
  8. 1816 Moved to Heidelberg Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  9. 1816 Bank apprenticeship in Hamburg Heinrich Heine
  10. 1816 University of North Carolina student James K. Polk
  11. 1816 Return voyage to Greenock on Comet James Watt
  12. 1816 Journey through Belgium Lord Byron
  13. 1816 Residence at Villa Diodati Lord Byron
  14. 1816 Visits to Coppet Lord Byron
  15. 1816 Visit to San Lazzaro degli Armeni Lord Byron
  16. 1816 Winter in Venice Lord Byron
  17. 1816 Childhood at Kniephof estate Otto von Bismarck
  18. 1816 Departs Les Cayes expedition Simón Bolívar
  19. 1816 Birth at the Brontë Birthplace Charlotte Brontë
  20. 1816 Visit to Spaun in Landstraße Franz Schubert
  21. 1816 Trip to Cheltenham Jane Austen
  22. 1816 Lands on Margarita Island Simón Bolívar
  23. 1816 Seizes Carúpano Simón Bolívar
  24. 1816 Holds Ocumare de la Costa Simón Bolívar
  25. 1816 Reaches Güiria after coastal defeat Simón Bolívar
  26. 1816 Taking the waters in Baden Ludwig van Beethoven
  27. 1816 Move to the new Göttingen observatory Carl Friedrich Gauss
  28. 1816 Law faculty and legal clerkship Honoré de Balzac
  29. 1816 Settled at Little Pigeon Creek Abraham Lincoln
  30. 1816 Sworn into the Fourteenth Congress John Tyler
  31. 1816 Returns to Barcelona from Haiti Simón Bolívar

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