1819
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1780s 1790s 1800s – 1810s – 1820s 1830s 1840s |
| Years: | 1816 1817 1818 – 1819 – 1820 1821 1822 |
1819 Media
August 7: General Simon Bolivar leads Colombian nationalists to victory over Spain in the decisive Battle of Boyacá.
August 16: At least 600 people are injured, 15 of them fatally, in the Peterloo Massacre of protesters in England.
- John Ruskin
Queen Victoria, 1819–1901, by Bassano, 1882. Glass copy negative, half-plate.
Jacques Offenbach by Nadar
Pianist and composer Clara Schumann by Franz von Lenbach
Léon Foucault
Theodor Fontane (1819-1898), German author and poet
- KamehamehaI
Portrait of Oliver Hazard Perry, painted by Gilbert Stuart, 1818.
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1819 (MDCCCXIX) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar.
Events
- Simon Bolivar finds Gran Colombia.
- The United States buys Florida from Spain.
- The U.S. State of Alabama got its statehood.
- Guarapuava was founded in Brazil.
- Singapore was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles.
Births
- May 24 – Queen Victoria, British royal (d. 1901)
- August 26 – Albert, Prince Consort, Husband of Queen Victoria (d. 1861)
- date unknown
- George Eliot, English writer (d. 1880)
- Charles Kingsley, writer (The Water Babies) (d. 1877)