1818 (AD 1818) Historical Timeline & Archive

Explore biographies of historical figures born or commemorated in 1818 (AD 1818) from the 2Day Chrono-Wiki encyclopedia.

Notable Figures in 1818 (AD 1818) (7)

Alexander II of Russia (Born: 1818-04-17) — Emperor of Russia, known as 'The Liberator' for abolishing serfdom.
Frederick Douglass (Born: 1818-02-14) — Pioneering abolitionist, orator, and statesman for African-American civil rights.
Gaspard Monge (Died: 1818-07-28) — Pioneering French mathematician, credited with descriptive and differential geometry.
Ignaz Semmelweis (Born: 1818-07-01) — Pioneering antiseptic procedures, Semmelweis drastically reduced maternal mortality rates.
Ivan Turgenev (Born: 1818-10-28) — Master Russian novelist, celebrated for realism and psychological depth.
James Prescott Joule (Born: 1818-12-24) — Pioneering physicist who established the law of conservation of energy.
Tewodros II (Born: 1818) — Emperor of Ethiopia who ended the Era of the Princes and sought state modernization.