What is 1819?
{{Year nav|1819}} {{Year in various calendars|1819}} '''1819''' ([[Roman numerals|MDCCCXIX]]) was a [[common year]] [[Common year starting on Friday|starting on Friday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == * [[Simon Bolivar]] finds [[Gran Colombia]]. * The [[United States]] buys [[Florida]] from [[Spain]]. * The [[U.S. State]] of [[Alabama]] got its statehood. * [[Guarapuava]] was founded in [[Brazil]]. * [[Singapore]] was founded by [[Stamford Raffles|Sir Stamford Raffles]]. == Births == * May 24 &ndash; [[Queen Victoria]], British royal (d. 1901) * August 26 &ndash; [[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) [[Category:1819| ]]