In history, year 1819 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1819.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1819 ⚡:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 06 february | British official Stamford Raffles signed a treaty with Sultan Hussain Shah of Johor, establishing Singapore as a trading post for the British East India Company. |
| 22 february | Under the terms of the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sold Florida And other North American territory to the United States for about US$5 million. |
| 20 june | Arriving in Liverpool, the SS Savannah became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. |
| 16 august | Fifteen people were killed and 400–700 others were injuredwhen cavalry charged into a crowd of about 60–80,000 who were gatheredat St Peter's Field, Manchester, England, to demand the reform ofparliamentary representation. |
| 14 december | Alabama was admitted as the 22nd U.S. state after the statehood of present-day Northern Alabama was delayed for several years by the lack of a coastline until Mobile was captured from Spain during the War of 1812. |
| 17 december | The Republic of Gran Colombia in South America was established, with Simón Bolívar as its first president. |
| 03 July | The US started the first savings bank \ 'Bank of Saving in New York \'. |
| 25 August | Scottish inventor James Watt died. |
| 28 January | Sir Stamford Raffles discovered Singapore. |
| 02 January | The Panic of 1819, the first major financial crisis began in the United States. |
| 06 February | A formal treaty between Husain Shah of Johor and British Sir Stamford Rafals established a trade agreement in Singapore. |
| 20 March | Burlington Arcade opened in London. |
| 07 April | The Governor of Livonia rescued his peasants from the slaves of the Russian Empire. |
| 21 May | America's first bicycle fast walker) introduced in NYC. |
| 20 June | The 320-ton Savannah became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic (any ocean). |
| 04 July | William Herschel observed the last telescope of the 1819 comet. |
| 06 August | Norwich University was established in Vermont by Captain Alden Partridge as the first private military school in the United States. |
| 20 September | Carlsbad decras were issued throughout the German Confederation. |
| 15 October | The devastated island was discovered in the southern Shetland Islands of the Antarctic by Captain William Smith at Willums. |
| 04 November | |
| 14 December | Alabama was accepted as the 22nd US state. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1819:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 01 August | Herman Melville / Writer / United States of America |
| 01 January | Arthur Hugh Clough / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 02 July | Charles-Louis Hanon / Painist / France |
| 03 January | Charles Piazzi Smyth / Academic / Italy |
| 07 September | Thomas A. Hendricks / Politician / United States of America |
| 09 July | Elias Howe / Inventor / United States of America |
| 09 January | James Francis / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 12 February | William Wetmore Story / Sculptor / United States of America |
| 14 June | Henry Gardner / Politician / United States of America |
| 16 October | Austin F. Pike / Politician / United States of America |
| 18 September | Léon Foucault / Academic / France |
| 18 April | Carlos Manuel de Céspedes / Lawyer / Cuba |
| 19 July | Gottfried Keller / Poet / Switzerland |
| 20 June | Jacques Offenbach / Composer / Germany |
| 22 December | Pierre Ossian Bonnet / Academic / France |
| 22 November | George Eliot / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 26 July | Justin Holland / Educator / United States of America |
| 27 May | Julia Ward Howe / Poet / United States of America |
| 28 April | Ezra Abbot / Academic / United States of America |
| 30 December | John W. Geary / Politician / United States of America |