1822

Events in 1822 10

• 1822 – 1890 Cesar Franck (1822-1890) Died 8 November 1890, aged 67 Cesar Franck was a Belgian-born composer and organist who spent most of his career in Paris, known for works such as the Symphony in D minor and Variations symphoniques. He was a central figure in French Romantic music and an influential teacher at the Paris Conservatoire. He died from complications following a traffic accident several months earlier.
• 1822 – 1903 Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) Died 28 August 1903, aged 81 Frederick Law Olmsted was an American landscape architect widely regarded as the founder of American landscape architecture. He co-designed New York's Central Park and numerous other public parks and grounds across the United States. He died in Belmont, Massachusetts, on 28 August 1903.
• 1822 – 1884 Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) Died 6 January 1884, aged 61 Gregor Mendel was an Austrian friar and scientist whose experiments with pea plants established the fundamental laws of inheritance. His work, largely overlooked in his lifetime, was rediscovered around 1900 and became the foundation of modern genetics. He died in Brno in what is now the Czech Republic.
• 1822 – 1913 Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) Died 10 March 1913, aged around 91 Tubman escaped slavery in Maryland and made repeated trips south on the Underground Railroad to guide other enslaved people to freedom. During the Civil War she served the Union Army as a scout and nurse, and later became a leading voice for women's suffrage. She died in Auburn, New York, where she had lived for decades.
• 1822 – 1857 John Nicholson (1822-1857) Died 23 September 1857, aged 34 Nicholson was a British army officer in India who became a celebrated, controversial figure for his role in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He was mortally wounded leading the assault during the storming of Delhi and died of his injuries days later. He was widely mythologized in Britain as a hero of the campaign.
• 1822 – 1895 Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) Died 28 September 1895, aged 72 Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist whose discoveries in vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization transformed medicine and food safety. He developed vaccines for rabies and anthrax and established the germ theory of disease. He died at Marnes-la-Coquette near Paris.
• 1822 – 1888 Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) Died 15 April 1888, aged 65 Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic known for works including 'Dover Beach' and the essay collection Culture and Anarchy. He died suddenly of heart failure in Liverpool on 15 April 1888. His criticism shaped debates about culture and education in Victorian Britain.
• 1822 – 1885 Ulysses S. Grant 18th President — Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant (Apr 27, 1822 – Jul 23, 1885) was the 18th President 1869-1877 and commanding general of the Union Army in the Civil War. His presidency was marked by Reconstruction and a series of corruption scandals.
• 1822 Independence of Brazil The Grito do Ipiranga Prince Pedro declared Brazil independent from Portugal, marking the loss of the empires largest colony.
• 1822 – 1893 Rutherford B. Hayes 19th President — ended Reconstruction Rutherford B. Hayes (Oct 4, 1822 – Jan 17, 1893) was the 19th President 1877-1881. His disputed election of 1876 was resolved by a congressional commission. He ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South.