1632 English philosopher John Locke born (died 1704)
1690 Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding published
1724 German philosopher Immanuel Kant born (died 1804)
1770 British Romantic poet William Wordsworth born (died 1850)
1772 British Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge born (died 1834)
French socialist reformer Charles Fourier born (died 1837)
1779 Romantic artist Washington Allston born (died 1843)
1780 Minister William Ellery Channing born (died 1842)
1781 Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason published
1783 Author Washington Irving born (died 1859)
1788 Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason published
1789 Novelist James Fenimore Cooper born (died 1851)
1794 Poet William Cullen Bryant born (died 1878)
1795 British Romantic author Thomas Carlyle born (died 1881)
Unitarian minister Convers Francis born (died 1863)
1798 Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge published
1799 Amos Bronson Alcott born (died 1888)
1801 Reverend Joseph Stevens Buckminster traveled to Europe; returned home with books purchased abroad
1802 Unitarian minister and author William Henry Furness born (died 1896)
Unitarian minister, editor, and Brook Farm founder George Ripley born (died 1880)
1803 Louisiana Purchase
Ralph Waldo Emerson born (died 1882)
Minister, editor, and essayist Orestes Brownson born (died 1876)
1804 Lewis and Clark began exploration of Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean (continued until 1806)
Harmony Society came to America under direction of George Rapp; established first in Pennsylvania, then in Indiana.
Author Nathaniel Hawthorne born (died 1864
Transcendental activist and writer Elizabeth Palmer Peabody born (died 1894)
1805 Unitarian minister, author, editor, and professor Frederic Henry Hedge born (died 1890)
1806 Zebulon Pike traveled through Southwest, to New Mexico and Mexico City.
Author William Gilmore Simms born (died 1870)
Author Nathaniel Parker Willis born (died 1867)
1807 Robert Fulton’s steamboat Clermont made trial run from Albany to New York.
Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow born (died 1882)
Poet John Greenleaf Whittier born (died 1892)
1809 Poet, critic, and writer of short stories Edgar Allan Poe born (died 1849)
