Historical Events In 1839

Jan 02   On this day in history 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)   

Jan 02   First photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) in the year 1839.   

Jan 02   In the year 1839 the first ever photographs o   

Jan 02   The first ever photographs of the Moon are taken in the year 1839.   

Jan 06   2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "Big Wind" in the year 1839.   

Jan 06   2 day storm off Irish &English coast immortalized as "The Big Wind" on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science   

Jan 09   John Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer in the year 1839.   

Jan 09   Thomas Henderson measures first stellar parallax (Alpha Centauri) in the year 1839.   

Jan 10   Tea from India 1st arrives in UK in the year 1839.   

Jan 10   On this day in history tea from India first arrives in UK   

Jan 11   Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1839 eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar   

Jan 12   Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn in the year 1839.   

Jan 12   On this day in history anthracite coal first used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk PA   

Jan 12   On this day in history joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70   

Jan 14   In the year 1839 emil Bohn, composer   

Jan 19   Aden conquered by British East India Company on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1839 bohumil Pazdirek, composer   

Jan 19   Georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

Jan 19   The birth of Paul Cézanne, French painter on this day in history.   

Jan 20   On this day in history in the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance.   

Jan 21   Acadia College opens in Wolfville Nova Scotia; now Acadia University in the year 1839.   

Jan 24   Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society in the year 1839.   

Jan 25   On this day in history seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917   

Jan 29   On this day in history charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood   

Feb 01   Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 in the year 1839.   

Feb 01   In the year 1839 james A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)   

Feb 07   On this day in history henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"   

Feb 07   In the year 1839 nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901)   

Feb 08   Aroostook, New Brunswick American and Canadian loggers clash in Aroostook lumber war over undefined boundary with Maine on this day in history.   

Feb 11   On this day in history josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist   

Feb 12   Aroostock War: Boundary dispute between Maine & New Brunswick in the year 1839.   

Feb 18   In the year 1839 detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists)   

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Jan 04   In the year 1839 birth of carl Humann, German engineer (d. 1896)   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of john Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of emil Bohn, composer   

Jan 19   Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 19   Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906) was born in the year 1839.   

Jan 25   On this day in history birth of seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917   

Feb 01   On this day in history birth of james A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)   

Jan 12   Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1839 georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38   

Feb 01   In the year 1839 giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76   

Feb 07   In the year 1839 death of karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)   

Feb 15   On this day in history death of chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803)   

Mar 04   On this day in history ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72   

Mar 13   On this day in history robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55   

Mar 29   Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56 on this day in history.