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| 1819 |
| | | Kew bridge is sold to George Robinson for £22,000 | |
|  | The second Kew Bridge, in 1892, by C.W. Fothergill
Kew Bridge Steam Museum
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| 1819 |
| | | McCulloch v. Maryland defines the tax relationship between the US government and the states | |
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| 1819 |
| | | Magistrates order troops to fire on a crowd in Manchester, in what becomes known as the Peterloo massacre | |
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| 1819 |
| | | Bolívar marches his army across the Andes, captures Bogotá and proclaims the republic of Gran Colombia | |
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| 1819 |
| | | Byron begins publication in parts of his longest poem, Don Juan an epic satirical comment on contemporary life | |
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| 1819 |
| | | The United Kingdom formally adopts the gold standard for its currency, after using it on a de facto basis since 1717 | |
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| 1819 November 22 |
| | | Mary Anne Evans (known now as George Eliot) is born in the parish of Chilvers Coton in Warwickshire | |
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| c. 1819 |
| | | John Rennie completes a cast-iron bridge with the world's longest span, crossing the Thames at Vauxhall | |
|  | Southwark Bridge, by Westall, c.1828
Guildhall Library
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| 1819 |
| | | Walter Scott publishes Ivanhoe, a tale of love, tournaments and sieges at the time of the crusades | |
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| 1819 |
| | | J.M.W. Turner makes the first of several visits to Venice, and discovers a rich seam of inspiration | |
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