Famous Birthdays In 1839

Jan 04 Carl Humann, German engineer (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09 John Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 14 Emil Bohn, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 19 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of james A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)  

Feb 07 Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 20 Benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (d. 1906)  

Mar 03 On this day in history birth of jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904)  

Mar 08 James Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis) was born in the year 1839.  

Mar 09 Felix Huston Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1928 was born in the year 1839.  

Mar 09 In the year 1839 birth of modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov) [OS]  

Mar 09 Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (d. 1908) was born on this day in history.  

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

Mar 16 René F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 17 Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 18 Francis Fessenden, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 was born in the year 1839.  

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

Mar 25 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of robert Smalls, Beaufort SC, black congressman 1875-87 (Rep-SC)  

Apr 05 Stanislaw Pilinski, composer was born in the year 1839.  

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

Apr 18 Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer was born in the year 1839.  

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

Apr 20 On this day in history birth of carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914)  

Apr 22 On this day in history birth of august W Eichler, German botanist  

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 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 Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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 Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Mar 13 Robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

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