Historical figures in 1850
The atlas holds 22 people and 38 moments here, in 1850. The most recorded lives are Gustave Flaubert, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Honoré de Balzac. Among them Writers, Educators and Philosophers.
Notable people
Alfred Nobel
in 1850
1 moment here
Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…
Charlotte Brontë
in 1850
1 moment here
English novelist, poet, and governess, best known for Jane Eyre. This chronology records documented physical presences from her birth in Thornton…
Dmitri Mendeleev
in 1850
1 moment here
Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…
Florence Nightingale
in 1850
2 moments here
English social reformer, statistician, and nursing pioneer. Nightingale’s documented movements span childhood homes in England; travel and nursing…
Friedrich Engels
in 1850
1 moment here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
Friedrich Nietzsche
in 1850
1 moment here
German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1850
4 moments here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
George Eliot
in 1850
2 moments here
Mary Ann Evans, known by the pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, translator, journalist, and poet.…
Gustave Flaubert
in 1850
6 moments here
French novelist and major exponent of literary realism, best known for Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, Three Tales, and his extensive…
Harriet Beecher Stowe
in 1850
1 moment here
American author and abolitionist best known for Uncle Tom's Cabin. Her documented life included formative years in Connecticut, a long residence in…
Henrik Ibsen
in 1850
1 moment here
Norwegian playwright and poet whose career took him from Telemark and coastal Norway to theatre work in Bergen and Christiania, then to long…
Henry David Thoreau
in 1850
2 moments here
American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher associated with transcendentalism. Thoreau lived chiefly in and around Concord, Massachusetts,…
Honoré de Balzac
in 1850
3 moments here
French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…
James A. Garfield
in 1850
1 moment here
James Abram Garfield was an Ohio educator, Union Army general, U.S. representative, and the 20th president of the United States.…
James Clerk Maxwell
in 1850
1 moment here
Scottish physicist and mathematician whose career moved among Edinburgh, Galloway, Cambridge, Aberdeen, and London.…
John Tyler
in 1850
1 moment here
John Tyler was an American lawyer, Virginia politician, tenth vice president, and tenth president of the United States.…
José de San Martín
in 1850
1 moment here
Argentine general and independence leader who helped secure the independence of Argentina, Chile, and Peru.…
Liliʻuokalani
in 1850
1 moment here
Liliʻuokalani was the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, reigning from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the monarchy on January…
Millard Fillmore
in 1850
3 moments here
Millard Fillmore was an American lawyer and politician from western New York who served in the New York Assembly, the U.S.…
Porfirio Díaz
in 1850
1 moment here
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican general and politician who led Mexico from 1876 to 1880 and from 1884 until his overthrow in 1911.…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
in 1850
1 moment here
Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…
Zachary Taylor
in 1850
2 moments here
Zachary Taylor was a United States Army officer, Mexican–American War commander, and the 12th president of the United States.…
Moments
- 1850 Scientific study in Paris Alfred Nobel
- 1850 Relocation and enrollment in Saint Petersburg Dmitri Mendeleev
- 1850 Journey near Cairo Florence Nightingale
- 1850 Nile journey to Abu Simbel Florence Nightingale
- 1850 Family relocates to Naumburg Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1850 Passed through Tobolsk prison Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1850 Served penal labor in Omsk Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1850 Treated at the Omsk military hospital Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1850 Five-week stay in Constantinople Gustave Flaubert
- 1850 Stay in Beirut Gustave Flaubert
- 1850 Writing at the Brunswick home Harriet Beecher Stowe
- 1850 Move to Christiania Henrik Ibsen
- 1850 Transfer to Trinity College James Clerk Maxwell
- 1850 Resident at Sherwood Forest John Tyler
- 1850 Childhood residence at Haleʻākala Liliʻuokalani
- 1850 Arrived at Omsk Fortress Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1850 Cairo before the Nile voyage Gustave Flaubert
- 1850 Law student at Oaxaca institute Porfirio Díaz
- 1850 Return through London George Eliot
- 1850 Nile voyage beyond Syene Gustave Flaubert
- 1850 Marriage at St Barbara's Church Honoré de Balzac
- 1850 Baptism in the Chagrin River James A. Garfield
- 1850 Presiding over Compromise debates Millard Fillmore
- 1850 Rosehill stay George Eliot
- 1850 Return to Paris after marriage Honoré de Balzac
- 1850 Notification of Taylor's death Millard Fillmore
- 1850 Presidential oath in House chamber Millard Fillmore
- 1850 Death at the White House Zachary Taylor
- 1850 Fourth of July celebration Zachary Taylor
- 1850 Meeting Elizabeth Gaskell at Briery Close Charlotte Brontë
- 1850 Travel journal at Jerusalem Gustave Flaubert
- 1850 Death in Rue Fortunée townhouse Honoré de Balzac
- 1850 Death at Boulogne-sur-Mer José de San Martín
- 1850 Departure for Quebec Henry David Thoreau
- 1850 Enrollment at the Imperial School of Jurisprudence Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1850 Return journey from Montreal Henry David Thoreau
- 1850 Return to Manchester commerce Friedrich Engels
- 1850 Quarantine at the Lazaret of Piraeus Gustave Flaubert