Famous Birthdays In 1839

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 In the year 1839 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 On this day in history birth of paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)

Jan 25 In the year 1839 birth of seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917

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

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

Feb 09 On this day in history birth of silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1896)

Feb 11 Josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist was born on this day in history.

Feb 20 In the year 1839 birth of benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908)

Feb 22 Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.

Mar 03 Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904) was born in the year 1839.

Mar 08 James Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis) was born on this day in history.

Mar 09 Felix Huston Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1928 was born on this day in history.

Mar 09 On this day in history birth of modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov) [OS]

Mar 09 Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (d. 1908) was born in the year 1839.

Mar 10 Dudley Buck, Hartford, Ct, organist/church composer was born in the year 1839.

Mar 16 On this day in history birth of rené F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901)

Mar 17 Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser) was born in the year 1839.

Mar 18 On this day in history birth of francis Fessenden, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906

Mar 21 Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS] was born in the year 1839.

Mar 25 In the year 1839 birth of william Bell Wait, US, educated the blind

Mar 31 Nikolay Przhevalsky, naturalist, explorer of east central Asia (OS) was born on this day in history.

Apr 05 Robert Smalls, Beaufort SC, black congressman 1875-87 (Rep-SC) was born in the year 1839.

Apr 05 In the year 1839 birth of stanislaw Pilinski, composer

Apr 12 In the year 1839 birth of victorin de Joncieres, composer

Apr 18 On this day in history birth of frantz Jehin-Prume, composer

Apr 18 Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) was born in the year 1839.

Apr 20 Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914) was born in the year 1839.

Apr 22 August W Eichler, German botanist was born on this day in history.

Apr 26 Cyrus Hamblin, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 was born in the year 1839.

May 01 In the year 1839 birth of chardonnet, inventor (rayon)

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Jan 12 In the year 1839 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 Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 in the year 1839.

Feb 07 Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799) died on this day in history.

Feb 15 Chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803) died on this day in history.

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