Historical figures in 1854
The atlas holds 23 people and 34 moments here, in 1854. The most recorded lives are Charlotte Brontë, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and George Eliot. Among them Writers, Scientists and Philosophers.
Notable people
Abraham Lincoln
in 1854
1 moment here
American lawyer, Illinois legislator, congressman, and sixteenth president of the United States.…
Baháʼu'lláh
in 1854
1 moment here
Baháʼu'lláh (Mírzá Ḥusayn-ʻAlí Núrí) was an Iranian religious leader and founder of the Baháʼí Faith.…
Charles Darwin
in 1854
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 1854
1 moment here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Charlotte Brontë
in 1854
4 moments here
English novelist, poet, and governess, best known for Jane Eyre. This chronology records documented physical presences from her birth in Thornton…
Florence Nightingale
in 1854
2 moments here
English social reformer, statistician, and nursing pioneer. Nightingale’s documented movements span childhood homes in England; travel and nursing…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1854
3 moments here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
George Eliot
in 1854
3 moments here
Mary Ann Evans, known by the pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, translator, journalist, and poet.…
Gustave Flaubert
in 1854
1 moment here
French novelist and major exponent of literary realism, best known for Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, Three Tales, and his extensive…
Henry David Thoreau
in 1854
1 moment here
American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher associated with transcendentalism. Thoreau lived chiefly in and around Concord, Massachusetts,…
Imam Shamil
in 1854
1 moment here
Avar imam, political and military leader of the Caucasian Imamate, and principal leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia during the…
James A. Garfield
in 1854
2 moments here
James Abram Garfield was an Ohio educator, Union Army general, U.S. representative, and the 20th president of the United States.…
James Buchanan
in 1854
1 moment here
James Buchanan Jr. was an American lawyer, diplomat, senator, secretary of state, and the fifteenth president of the United States.…
Johannes Brahms
in 1854
1 moment here
German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms developed as a performer there before touring Central Europe,…
Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi
in 1854
1 moment here
Rani Lakshmibai (born Manikarnika Tambe) was queen consort and later ruler of Jhansi, and a leading figure in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.…
Leo Tolstoy
in 1854
2 moments here
Russian novelist, essayist, educator, religious thinker, and social critic. Born at Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy studied in Kazan, served in the Caucasus…
Louis Pasteur
in 1854
1 moment here
French chemist and microbiologist whose work on molecular asymmetry, fermentation, germ theory, pasteurization, and vaccines transformed modern…
Oscar Wilde
in 1854
1 moment here
Irish author, poet, playwright, critic, and leading figure in late nineteenth-century aestheticism.…
Porfirio Díaz
in 1854
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.…
Ralph Waldo Emerson
in 1854
1 moment here
American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, Unitarian minister, poet, abolitionist, and leading figure in Transcendentalism.…
Thomas Edison
in 1854
1 moment here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
Ulysses S. Grant
in 1854
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.…
William Makepeace Thackeray
in 1854
1 moment here
English novelist, illustrator, journalist, lecturer, and editor, best known for Vanity Fair.…
Moments
- 1854 Observes the Preston strike Charles Dickens
- 1854 Honeymoon in Banagher Charlotte Brontë
- 1854 Madame Bovary revisions at Croisset Gustave Flaubert
- 1854 Philadelphia and New York journey Henry David Thoreau
- 1854 Penmanship teacher in Pownal James A. Garfield
- 1854 Williams College student James A. Garfield
- 1854 Ostend Manifesto conference James Buchanan
- 1854 Residence after Schumann's confinement Johannes Brahms
- 1854 Meeting John Lang at Rani Mahal Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi
- 1854 Defends Sevastopol Leo Tolstoy
- 1854 Encamped before Silistra Leo Tolstoy
- 1854 Dean at Lille Louis Pasteur
- 1854 Begins Topics of Modern Times lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 1854 Childhood in Port Huron Thomas Edison
- 1854 Farming near St. Louis Ulysses S. Grant
- 1854 Residence at Onslow Square William Makepeace Thackeray
- 1854 Released from the Omsk prison Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1854 Sent to military exile in Semipalatinsk Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1854 Withdrawal to Iraqi Kurdistan Baháʼu'lláh
- 1854 Third visit to Plymouth Grove Charlotte Brontë
- 1854 Attends Crystal Palace opening Charles Darwin
- 1854 Marriage to Arthur Bell Nicholls Charlotte Brontë
- 1854 Honeymoon letter from Cork Charlotte Brontë
- 1854 Entry into Kakheti Imam Shamil
- 1854 Resignation at Fort Humboldt Ulysses S. Grant
- 1854 Weimar residence and research journey George Eliot
- 1854 Delivered the Peoria speech Abraham Lincoln
- 1854 Departure for Scutari Florence Nightingale
- 1854 Birth at Westland Row Oscar Wilde
- 1854 Arrival at Scutari Barracks Florence Nightingale
- 1854 Rented in the Cossack Garden Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1854 Arrival in Berlin George Eliot
- 1854 Departure from Weimar for Berlin George Eliot
- 1854 Flight from Oaxaca to join Ayutla revolt Porfirio Díaz