Who Was Alive in 1833

53 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1833

James MadisonAge 82

1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership

Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution

HokusaiAge 73

1760–1849 · Art

The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker

Andrew JacksonAge 66

1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership

Seventh President of the United States

John Quincy AdamsAge 66

1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership

Sixth President of the United States

Carl Friedrich GaussAge 56

1777–1855 · Science & Invention

Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians

Niccolò PaganiniAge 51

1782–1840 · Music

Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist

Jacob GrimmAge 48

1785–1863 · Literature

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Arthur SchopenhauerAge 45

1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought

German philosopher of pessimism

Michael FaradayAge 42

1791–1867 · Science & Invention

Electromagnetic induction

Charles BabbageAge 42

1791–1871 · Science & Invention

Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Mary ShelleyAge 36

1797–1851 · Literature

Author of Frankenstein

Heinrich HeineAge 36

1797–1856 · Literature

German Romantic poet

Alexander PushkinAge 34

1799–1837 · Literature

Father of Russian literature

Honoré de BalzacAge 34

1799–1850 · Literature

French novelist of La Comédie humaine

Victor HugoAge 31

1802–1885 · Literature

Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Alexandre DumasAge 31

1802–1870 · Literature

Author of The Three Musketeers

Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 30

1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought

Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance

George SandAge 29

1804–1876 · Literature

French novelist famous under a male pen name

Hans Christian AndersenAge 28

1805–1875 · Literature

The Little Mermaid, fairy tales

Abraham LincolnAge 24

1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Charles DarwinAge 24

1809–1882 · Science & Invention

Theory of evolution by natural selection

Edgar Allan PoeAge 24

1809–1849 · Literature

Master of the macabre, The Raven

Frédéric ChopinAge 23

1810–1849 · Music

Romantic piano virtuoso

Robert SchumannAge 23

1810–1856 · Music

Romantic composer and influential music critic

Franz LisztAge 22

1811–1886 · Music

Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies

Charles DickensAge 21

1812–1870 · Literature

A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist

Giuseppe VerdiAge 20

1813–1901 · Music

La Traviata, Aida — operatic master

Richard WagnerAge 20

1813–1883 · Music

Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera

Søren KierkegaardAge 20

1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought

Danish philosopher, father of existentialism

Otto von BismarckAge 18

1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership

Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor

Ada LovelaceAge 18

1815–1852 · Science & Invention

Often called the first computer programmer

Charlotte BrontëAge 17

1816–1855 · Literature

Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister

Emily BrontëAge 15

1818–1848 · Literature

Wuthering Heights

Frederick DouglassAge 15

1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change

Abolitionist, orator, writer

Karl MarxAge 15

1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought

Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto

Herman MelvilleAge 14

1819–1891 · Literature

Moby-Dick

Queen VictoriaAge 14

1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership

Longest-reigning British monarch of her era

Walt WhitmanAge 14

1819–1892 · Literature

Leaves of Grass, father of free verse

Susan B. AnthonyAge 13

1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change

Women's suffrage pioneer

Florence NightingaleAge 13

1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change

Founder of modern nursing

Friedrich EngelsAge 13

1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought

Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx

Fyodor DostoevskyAge 12

1821–1881 · Literature

Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov

Charles BaudelaireAge 12

1821–1867 · Literature

French poet of Les Fleurs du mal

Harriet TubmanAge about 11

1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change

Underground Railroad conductor

Louis PasteurAge 11

1822–1895 · Science & Invention

Germ theory, pasteurization

Gregor MendelAge 11

1822–1884 · Science & Invention

Father of genetics

Jules VerneAge 5

1828–1905 · Literature

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Leo TolstoyAge 5

1828–1910 · Literature

War and Peace, Anna Karenina

Henrik IbsenAge 5

1828–1906 · Literature

Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House

Emily DickinsonAge 3

1830–1886 · Literature

Reclusive poetic genius

Sitting BullAge about 2

1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership

Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn

James Clerk MaxwellAge 2

1831–1879 · Science & Invention

Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism

Alfred NobelAge 0

1833–1896 · Science & Invention

Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes

Born in 1833

Alfred Nobel

1833–1896 · Science & Invention

Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes

Also Born in 1833

Johannes Brahms

1833–1897 · born May 7

German composer and pianist (1833–1897)

Benjamin Harrison

1833–1901 · born August 20

President of the United States from 1889 to 1893

Alexander Borodin

1833–1887 · born November 12

Russian Romantic composer, physician, and chemist (1833–1887)

Élie Ducommun

1833–1906 · born February 19

Swiss peace activist (1833–1906)

Ernesto Teodoro Moneta

1833–1918 · born September 20

Italian journalist, nationalist, pacifist

Robert G. Ingersoll

1833–1899 · born August 11

American agnostic, lawyer, politician and orator (1833–1899)

Edward Burne-Jones

1833–1898 · born August 28

English painter and designer (1833–1898)

Also Died in 1833

Ferdinand VII

1784–1833 · died September 29

King of Spain (1808, 1813–1833)

Nicéphore Niépce

1765–1833 · died July 5

French inventor (1765–1833)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

1772–1833 · died September 27

Indian reformer and writer (1772–1833)

Adrien-Marie Legendre

1752–1833 · died January 9

French mathematician (1752–1833)

William Wilberforce

1759–1833 · died July 29

English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)

Richard Trevithick

1771–1833 · died April 22

British inventor and mining engineer (1771–1833)

Seraphim of Sarov

1754–1833 · died January 14

Russian saint (1754/1759–1833)

Kaspar Hauser

1812–1833 · died December 17

German youth of mysterious background (1812–1833)

Adamantios Korais

1748–1833 · died April 6

Greek humanist scholar (1748–1833)

Marie-Antoine Carême

1784–1833 · died January 12

French chef (died 1833)

Notable World Events in 1833

1833 Slavery abolished in British Empire

Sources

1833 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
James Madison — Wikipedia
Hokusai — Wikipedia
Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
Alexander Pushkin — Wikipedia
Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
George Sand — Wikipedia
Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
Edgar Allan Poe — Wikipedia
Frédéric Chopin — Wikipedia
Robert Schumann — Wikipedia
Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
Ada Lovelace — Wikipedia
Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
Emily Brontë — Wikipedia
Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
Karl Marx — Wikipedia
Herman Melville — Wikipedia
Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
Jules Verne — Wikipedia
Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia

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