Historical figures in 1851
The atlas holds 19 people and 23 moments here, in 1851. The most recorded lives are Leo Tolstoy, Charles Dickens and Giuseppe Verdi. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists.
Notable people
Alexandre Dumas
in 1851
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, journalist, and travel writer, also known as Alexandre Dumas père.…
Alfred Nobel
in 1851
1 moment here
Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…
Charles Darwin
in 1851
1 moment here
English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…
Charles Dickens
in 1851
2 moments here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Charlotte Brontë
in 1851
1 moment here
English novelist, poet, and governess, best known for Jane Eyre. This chronology records documented physical presences from her birth in Thornton…
Edmund Barton
in 1851
1 moment here
Australian barrister, federation leader, first prime minister of Australia (1901–1903), and founding justice of the High Court of Australia.…
Florence Nightingale
in 1851
1 moment here
English social reformer, statistician, and nursing pioneer. Nightingale’s documented movements span childhood homes in England; travel and nursing…
Giuseppe Verdi
in 1851
2 moments here
Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…
Grover Cleveland
in 1851
1 moment here
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 1851
1 moment here
French novelist and major exponent of literary realism, best known for Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, Three Tales, and his extensive…
Henrik Ibsen
in 1851
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…
James A. Garfield
in 1851
1 moment here
James Abram Garfield was an Ohio educator, Union Army general, U.S. representative, and the 20th president of the United States.…
John James Audubon
in 1851
1 moment here
French-American artist, naturalist, explorer, and ornithologist best known for The Birds of America.…
Karl Marx
in 1851
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 1851
2 moments here
Russian novelist, essayist, educator, religious thinker, and social critic. Born at Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy studied in Kazan, served in the Caucasus…
Millard Fillmore
in 1851
2 moments here
Millard Fillmore was an American lawyer and politician from western New York who served in the New York Assembly, the U.S.…
Otto von Bismarck
in 1851
1 moment here
Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…
Victor Hugo
in 1851
1 moment here
French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…
William Makepeace Thackeray
in 1851
1 moment here
English novelist, illustrator, journalist, lecturer, and editor, best known for Vanity Fair.…
Moments
- 1851 Exile in Brussels Alexandre Dumas
- 1851 Study visit to the United States Alfred Nobel
- 1851 Attends the Great Exhibition Charles Dickens
- 1851 Childhood move to The Rocks Edmund Barton
- 1851 Paris visit with Strepponi Giuseppe Verdi
- 1851 Family home in Clinton Grover Cleveland
- 1851 Theatre appointment in Bergen Henrik Ibsen
- 1851 Western Reserve Eclectic Institute student James A. Garfield
- 1851 Death at northern-Manhattan home John James Audubon
- 1851 Lives at 28 Dean Street Karl Marx
- 1851 Lives at Pyatigorsk Leo Tolstoy
- 1851 Erie Railroad inaugural journey Millard Fillmore
- 1851 Meeting with Lajos Kossuth Millard Fillmore
- 1851 Prussian envoy at the Federal Diet Otto von Bismarck
- 1851 English Humorists lectures in London William Makepeace Thackeray
- 1851 Antiquarian stay in Naples Gustave Flaubert
- 1851 Returns to Malvern with Annie Charles Darwin
- 1851 Moves into Sant'Agata Giuseppe Verdi
- 1851 Visit to Elizabeth Gaskell at Plymouth Grove Charlotte Brontë
- 1851 Nursing apprenticeship at Kaiserswerth Florence Nightingale
- 1851 Travels to Tbilisi Leo Tolstoy
- 1851 Moves into Tavistock House Charles Dickens
- 1851 Flees into exile in Brussels Victor Hugo