early 1800s
Jefferson's presidential years
The early 1800s refers to roughly the first third of the nineteenth century—typically 1800 to about 1830 or 1840.
The phrase locates events, styles, or artifacts in time without precision: The house dates to the early 1800s.
Similar constructions work for any century: early 1900s, late 1600s.
- TranscendentalismIntuition-based American idealist movement
- Napoleonic WarsBonaparte's military campaigns
- RomanticismEmotion-centered artistic movement
- Louisiana Purchase1803 territorial acquisition
- Haitian RevolutionSuccessful slave rebellion, 1790s
Cotton gin · Hudson River School · Greek War of Independence · War of 1812 · Gothic Revival · gas lamp · tall ships · horse and carriage · quill pen · Lewis and Clark Expedition · frontier life · Congress of Vienna · Erie Canal · Simón Bolívar · Jane Austen · drawing room · Napoleon Bonaparte · steamboat
early 1800s1890s
Final Victorian years
fin de siècle · 1880s · turn of the century · 1870s · Gilded Age
early 1800sGilded Age
Late 1800s American prosperity
Victorian era · Industrial Age · machine age · railroad era · modern era