Events from 1810

Bernard Bolzano develops rigorous proofs and logical foundations, anticipating modern analysis

University of Berlin founded by Wilhelm von Humboldt - model for modern research universities

Count Arakcheyev begins Russian military colony system in Novgorod - 2000 soldier-farmers each

Medical Observer reports: 'Child of Mr. R died of small-pox October 1805. Patient had been vaccinated'

Prussian War Academy (Kriegsakademie) founded in Berlin - creates professional general staff officer corps with scientific military education

Johnny Appleseed becomes Swedenborgian missionary - travels barefoot, wears coffee sack, preaches and plants simultaneously