Historical Events In 1839

Jul 10   On this day in history fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61  

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   Chartist riots break out in Birmingham England in the year 1839.  

Jul 30   Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad in the year 1839.  

Aug 04   On this day in history walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism)  

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

Aug 08   Nelson Appleton Miles, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925 in the year 1839.  

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

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

Aug 19   In the year 1839 details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris  

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   Hong Kong is taken by British in war with China on this day in history.  

Aug 24   Eduard Napravnik, composer in the year 1839.  

Aug 26   The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 02   Salon of Varietes opens in Amsterdam in the year 1839.  

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

Sep 06   Cherokee Nation forms on this day in history.  

Sep 06   On this day in history great fire in NY  

Sep 09   John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph in the year 1839.  

Sep 09   John Herschel takes the 1st glass plate photograph in the year 1839.  

Sep 10   Isaac Kauffman Funk, US, publisher (Funk & Wagnalls) in the year 1839.  

Sep 10   On this day in history pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter, dies at 66  

Sep 11   In the year 1839 1st Canadian track & field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds)  

Sep 17   Ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies in the year 1839.  

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) in the year 1839.  

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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   In the year 1839 birth of emil Bohn, composer  

Jan 19   Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born in the year 1839.  

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

Jan 25   In the year 1839 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   Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799) died in the year 1839.  

Feb 15   In the year 1839 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   In the year 1839 robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55  

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