1819

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1780s  1790s  1800s  – 1810s –  1820s  1830s  1840s
Years:	1816 1817 1818 – 1819 – 1820 1821 1822

Events

• Simon Bolivar finds Gran Colombia.
• The United States buys Florida from Spain.
• The U.S. State of Alabama got its statehood.
• 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)