Events from the year 1819 in

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Incumbents

* Monarch – Charles XIV John

Events

* 7 October - Södertälje Canal * - The charitable society ''

Välgörande fruntimmerssällskapet Välgörande fruntimmerssällskapet (The Women's Charitable Society) was a Swedish charity organization, active between 1819 until its dissolution in 1934. The purpose of the organisation was to collect funds to support poor females in the capital o ...

'' is founded.Nordisk familjebok / 1800-talsutgåvan. 17. V - Väring It is the first organization in Sweden founded and managed by women. * - Öland County created. * - Independent Order of Odd Fellows Sweden * -

Swedish Museum of Natural History The Swedish Museum of Natural History ( sv, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, literally, the National Museum of Natural History), in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden, the other one being located in Gothenburg. The ...

Births

* 19 January -

Stor-Stina Kristina Katarina "Stina Kajsa" Larsdotter (19 January 1819, in Brännäs, Malå – 27 May 1854), known as Långa lappflickan (The Tall Laponia Girl), The Lapland Giantess, and Stor-Stina (Big Stina), was a Swedish Sami, who aroused great attentio ...

, Sami (died

1854 Events January–March * January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''. * January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born. * January 9 – The Teut ...

) * 21 February – Emilia Uggla, pianist (died

1855 Events January–March * January 1 – Ottawa, Ontario, is incorporated as a city. * January 5 – Ramón Castilla begins his third term as President of Peru. * January 23 ** The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens ...

) * 14 March -

Erik Edlund Erik Edlund (14 March 1819 in Närke Province – 19 August 1888 in Stockholm) was a Sweden, Swedish physicist. His scientific research was confined chiefly to the theory of electricity. He helped secure the introduction of weather stations to Sw ...

, physicist (died

1888 In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...

) * 25 March -

Theodore Hamberg Theodore Hamberg () (25 March 1819 – 13 May 1854) was a Swedish missionary and author active in China. He is known for his role in having authored an important account on the early Taiping rebellion and for his role in establishing Christian m ...

, missionary and author (died

) * 4 July –

Marie Sophie Schwartz Marie Sophie Schwartz née Birath (4 July 1819 – 7 May 1894), was a Swedish writer. She has since been referred to as the most successful female writers of the late 19th-century in Sweden. Life Marie Sophie Schwartz was born in Borås and was ...

, writer (died

1894 Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...

) * 12 July – Wilhelmina Fundin, operatic soprano (died

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

) *

Ebba d'Aubert Ebba d'Aubert, née ''Bergström'' (1819–1860) was a Swedish concert pianist. She was married to the second concert conductor at the Kungliga Hovkapellet, violinist Theodor Adolf Eduard d’Aubert. She became an Associé of the Royal Swedish Ac ...

, pianist (died

1860 Events January–March * January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. * January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusett ...

) *

Sophia Isberg Helena Sophia Isberg (18 February 1819 – 28 February 1875) was a Swedish wood-cut artist. Also known as ''Jungfru Isberg'' (Maiden Isberg). Helena Isberg was born at Säby in Tranås in Småland. She moved with her parents and brother to ...

, wood cut artist (died

1875 Events January–March * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the ...

)

Deaths

* 8 February – Cecilia Cleve, librarian * 15 February –

Jacob Axelsson Lindblom Jacob Axelsson Lindblom (27 July 1746 – 15 February 1819) was a Swedish scholar and professor who became Archbishop of Uppsala, a position he held between 1805–1819. Biography Axelsson Lindblom was born at Skeda in Östergötland, the son ...

, arch bishop (born

1746 Events January–March * January 8 – The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart occupies Stirling, Scotland. * January 17 – Battle of Falkirk Muir: British Government forces are defeated by Jacobite forces. * February 1 ...

) * 19 January – Elsa Beata Bunge, botanist (born

1734 Events January– March * January 8 – Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg, Austria, in October 1731, set sail for the British Colony of Province of Georgia, Georgia in North America ...

) *

Helena Quiding Helena Quiding (19 August 1755 – 2 October 1819) was a Swedish culture personality and socialite, the creator of ''Sommarvillan'' (also known as ''Sommarnöjet'' and during the 18th century as ''Heleneberg''), a historic building at Lilla Sku ...

, culture personality and builder (born

1755 Events January–March * January 23 (O. S. January 12, Tatiana Day, nowadays celebrated on January 25) – Moscow University is established. * February 13 – The kingdom of Mataram on Java is divided in two, creating the ...

)

References

Years of the 19th century in Sweden

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