May 23, 1810: Margaret Fuller, editor, writer, and feminist icon, was born in Massachusetts.
June 23, 1810: John Jacob Astor formed the Pacific Fur Company.
July 5, 1810: American showman Phineas T. Barnum was born in Bethel, Connecticut.
September 1810: The Tonquin, a ship owned by John Jacob Astor departed New York City bound for the Pacific Northwest, as part of Astors plan to establish a fur-trading settlement at the mouth of the Columbia River. The Panic of 1819 was the first great financial panic of the 19th century.
May 24, 1819: Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace, London, England.
May 31, 1819: American poet Walt Whitman was born at West Hills, Long Island, New York.
August 1, 1819: Author Herman Melville was born in New York City.
August 26, 1819: Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, was born in Germany.