Page 3: Historical Events In 1819

May 31   Walt Whitman, West Hills, NY, poet (Leaves of Grass) in the year 1819.   

Jun 03   Johann Barthold Jongkind, Lattrop Neth, Dut/Fr painter (Winter Scenes) in the year 1819.   

Jun 05   In the year 1819 john Couch Adams, English astronomer (co-discover Neptune)   

Jun 06   William Howard Glover, composer in the year 1819.   

Jun 10   In the year 1819 j D Gustave Courbet, French realist painter (Demoiselles the la Seine)   

Jun 10   The birth of Gustav Courbet, French painter in the year 1819.   

Jun 12   Charles Kingsley, [Parson Lot], Engl vicar/historian (Westward Ho!) in the year 1819.   

Jun 12   In the year 1819 dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra   

Jun 20   In the year 1819 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)   

Jun 20   In the year 1819 jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann)   

Jun 20   In the year 1819 savannah becomes first steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)   

Jun 26   Abner Doubleday, Mjr Gen (Union)/inventor (baseball) [or 1/26] in the year 1819.   

Jun 26   In the year 1819 johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer, dies at 71   

Jun 26   The birth of Abner Doubleday, Publisher on this day in history.   

Jun 27   Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer in the year 1819.   

Jun 30   Ernst Ludwig Gerber, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jun 30   In the year 1819 william A Wheeler, (R) 19th VP (1877-81)   

Jul 03   In the year 1819 1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors   

Jul 03   On this day in history louis Theodore Gouvy, composer   

Jul 03   The first bank in the U.S. opened in New York City. Business was brisk with $2,807 deposited in the Bank for Savings on this day in history.   

Jul 04   Reuben Eaton Fenton, Governor (Union), died in 1885 in the year 1819.   

Jul 04   William Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet in the year 1819.   

Jul 08   Alexander Hays, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 in the year 1819.   

Jul 09   In the year 1819 elias Howe, Spencer Mass, invented sewing machine   

Jul 19   In the year 1819 gottfried Keller, writer   

Jul 20   On this day in history john Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies   

Jul 20   On this day in history paul Henrion, composer   

Jul 24   Sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Aug 01   In the year 1819 herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)   

Aug 01   The first parachute jump in US in the year 1819.   

Aug 02   1st parachute jump in US on this day in history.   

Aug 02   The first parachute jump in US on this day in history.   

Aug 06   Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States in the year 1819.   

Aug 06   Samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) in the year 1819.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold   

Jan 01   In the year 1819 birth of george Foster Shepley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1878   

Jan 03   Thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1819 birth of charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (d. 1900)   

Jan 06   Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886) was born in the year 1819.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of james Francis, Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)   

Jan 12   In the year 1819 birth of zealous Bates Tower, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1900   

Jan 14   In the year 1819 birth of fabio Campana, composer   

Jan 08   On this day in history christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55   

Jan 14   On this day in history death of peter Pindar, English satirist (b. 1738)   

Jan 20   Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Mar 08   In the year 1819 death of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (b. 1739)   

Mar 09   In the year 1819 janos Fusz, composer, dies at 41   

Mar 10   Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, writer, dies on this day in history.   

Mar 16   On this day in history nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73   

Mar 23   In the year 1819 august v Kotzebue, writer, dies