Historical figures in 1841
The atlas holds 26 people and 44 moments here, in 1841. The most recorded lives are Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Baudelaire and John Tyler. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Scientists.
Notable people
Abraham Lincoln
in 1841
1 moment here
American lawyer, Illinois legislator, congressman, and sixteenth president of the United States.…
Alfred Nobel
in 1841
1 moment here
Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…
Charles Baudelaire
in 1841
4 moments here
French poet, essayist, translator, and art critic, best known for Les Fleurs du mal. Baudelaire lived chiefly in Paris, spent formative school years…
Dmitri Mendeleev
in 1841
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Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…
Friedrich Engels
in 1841
1 moment here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1841
1 moment here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
George Eliot
in 1841
1 moment here
Mary Ann Evans, known by the pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, translator, journalist, and poet.…
George Sand
in 1841
1 moment here
French novelist, memoirist, journalist, and political writer born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin.…
Grover Cleveland
in 1841
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Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.…
Gustave Flaubert
in 1841
1 moment here
French novelist and major exponent of literary realism, best known for Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, Three Tales, and his extensive…
Hans Christian Andersen
in 1841
8 moments here
Danish writer renowned for literary fairy tales including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen,” and “The Ugly…
Heinrich Heine
in 1841
2 moments here
German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…
Henry David Thoreau
in 1841
1 moment here
American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher associated with transcendentalism. Thoreau lived chiefly in and around Concord, Massachusetts,…
James Clerk Maxwell
in 1841
1 moment here
Scottish physicist and mathematician whose career moved among Edinburgh, Galloway, Cambridge, Aberdeen, and London.…
John James Audubon
in 1841
1 moment here
French-American artist, naturalist, explorer, and ornithologist best known for The Birds of America.…
John Quincy Adams
in 1841
1 moment here
John Quincy Adams was an American diplomat, secretary of state, sixth president of the United States, and Massachusetts representative.…
John Tyler
in 1841
4 moments here
John Tyler was an American lawyer, Virginia politician, tenth vice president, and tenth president of the United States.…
Karl Marx
in 1841
1 moment here
German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Leo Tolstoy
in 1841
1 moment here
Russian novelist, essayist, educator, religious thinker, and social critic. Born at Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy studied in Kazan, served in the Caucasus…
Martin Van Buren
in 1841
1 moment here
Martin Van Buren was an American lawyer and politician who served as New York attorney general, U.S.…
Ralph Waldo Emerson
in 1841
1 moment here
American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, Unitarian minister, poet, abolitionist, and leading figure in Transcendentalism.…
Søren Kierkegaard
in 1841
3 moments here
Danish philosopher, Christian theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author. This chronology records verified physical presences at…
Walt Whitman
in 1841
1 moment here
American poet, essayist, journalist, and author of Leaves of Grass. Born on Long Island, he lived and worked chiefly in Brooklyn, Manhattan,…
William Henry Harrison
in 1841
3 moments here
William Henry Harrison was an American army officer, territorial governor, diplomat, Whig politician, and the ninth president of the United States.…
Moments
- 1841 Pupil at Jacobs Apologistic School Alfred Nobel
- 1841 Entered Tobolsk Gymnasium Dmitri Mendeleev
- 1841 Childhood move to Fayetteville Grover Cleveland
- 1841 Edinburgh Academy enrolment James Clerk Maxwell
- 1841 Purchase of Hudson River estate John James Audubon
- 1841 Moves to Kazan relatives Leo Tolstoy
- 1841 Return to Lindenwald Martin Van Buren
- 1841 Trial sermon at Holmens Church Søren Kierkegaard
- 1841 Printer for the New World Walt Whitman
- 1841 Visit to County Durham William Makepeace Thackeray
- 1841 Western Division station Zachary Taylor
- 1841 Stays again in Naples Hans Christian Andersen
- 1841 Amistad argument before the Supreme Court John Quincy Adams
- 1841 Move to Foleshill Road George Eliot
- 1841 Arrives at Malta Hans Christian Andersen
- 1841 Arrives in Athens Hans Christian Andersen
- 1841 Illness at the White House William Henry Harrison
- 1841 Presidential inauguration William Henry Harrison
- 1841 Arrives in Constantinople Hans Christian Andersen
- 1841 Residence with the Emerson family Henry David Thoreau
- 1841 Arrival in Washington for presidential succession John Tyler
- 1841 Departure from Williamsburg after Harrison's death John Tyler
- 1841 Moved into the White House John Tyler
- 1841 Presidential oath in hotel room John Tyler
- 1841 Death at the White House William Henry Harrison
- 1841 Stays in Budapest Hans Christian Andersen
- 1841 Departure on the Paquebot des mers du Sud Charles Baudelaire
- 1841 Summer residence at Nohant with Chopin George Sand
- 1841 Arrives in Prague Hans Christian Andersen
- 1841 Arrives in Vienna from the Danube Hans Christian Andersen
- 1841 Pyrenees stay at Cauterets Heinrich Heine
- 1841 Visits Odense after eastern journey Hans Christian Andersen
- 1841 Visits Bonn with Bruno Bauer Karl Marx
- 1841 Visited Joshua Speed in Louisville Abraham Lincoln
- 1841 Lived on Karavannaya Street Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1841 Marriage at Saint-Sulpice Heinrich Heine
- 1841 Delivers The Method of Nature Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 1841 Arrival at Saint-Denis, Réunion Charles Baudelaire
- 1841 Sojourn in Port Louis Charles Baudelaire
- 1841 Prussian artillery service Friedrich Engels
- 1841 Stay at Trouville Gustave Flaubert
- 1841 Defense of the Concept of Irony dissertation Søren Kierkegaard
- 1841 First Berlin stay at Jägerstraße lodgings Søren Kierkegaard
- 1841 Return voyage from Réunion Charles Baudelaire