Historical Events In 1839

Jul 10   Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1839.  

Jul 12   Christian Traugott Tag, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1839.  

Jul 14   Edward Sydney Smith, composer in the year 1839.  

Jul 15   On this day in history winthrop Mackworth Praed, politician/poet, dies  

Jul 16   On this day in history philipus J Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist  

Jul 17   Friedrich Gernsheim, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 27   On this day in history chartist riots break out in Birmingham England  

Jul 30   In the year 1839 slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad  

Aug 04   Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism) in the year 1839.  

Aug 08   Beta Theta Pi is founded in Oxford, Ohio in the year 1839.  

Aug 08   On this day in history nelson Appleton Miles, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925  

Aug 15   Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 17   Hubert Platt Main, composer in the year 1839.  

Aug 19   Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris on this day in history.  

Aug 19   Oskar Brefeld, German botanist in the year 1839.  

Aug 23   In the year 1839 british capture Hong Kong from China  

Aug 23   In the year 1839 charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57  

Aug 23   In the year 1839 hong Kong is taken by British in war with China.  

Aug 24   Eduard Napravnik, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 26   In the year 1839 the ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.  

Aug 27   In the year 1839 emory Upton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1881  

Sep 02   On this day in history henry George, land reformer/writer (Progress & Poverty)  

Sep 02   In the year 1839 salon of Varietes opens in Amsterdam  

Sep 05   In the year 1839 the First Opium War begins in China.  

Sep 06   On this day in history cherokee Nation forms  

Sep 06   On this day in history great fire in NY  

Sep 09   In the year 1839 john Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph  

Sep 09   In the year 1839 john Herschel takes the 1st glass plate photograph  

Sep 10   Isaac Kauffman Funk, US, publisher (Funk & Wagnalls) on this day in history.  

Sep 10   Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter, dies at 66 in the year 1839.  

Sep 11   1st Canadian track & field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds) on this day in history.  

Sep 17   In the year 1839 ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies  

Sep 19   The birth of George Cadbury, English founder of 'Cadburys' chocolates in the year 1839.  

Sep 20   1st railroad in Netherland opens (Amsterdam-Haarlem) on this day in history.  

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Jan 04   On this day in history 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   Emil Bohn, composer was born in the year 1839.  

Jan 19   In the year 1839 birth of bohumil Pazdirek, composer  

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)  

Jan 25   Seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917 was born on this day in history.  

Feb 01   James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak) was born in the year 1839.  

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

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

Feb 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1839 death of chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803)  

Mar 04   Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72 in the year 1839.  

Mar 13   In the year 1839 robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55  

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