Famous Birthdays In 1839

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

Jan 09 In the year 1839 birth of john Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer

Jan 11 Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar was born in the year 1839.

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 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 on this day in history.

Feb 07 Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901) was born in the year 1839.

Feb 09 Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.

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

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 On this day in history birth of felix Huston Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1928

Mar 09 Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov) [OS] was born in the year 1839.

Mar 09 On this day in history birth of phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (d. 1908)

Mar 10 In the year 1839 birth of dudley Buck, Hartford, Ct, organist/church composer

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

Mar 17 In the year 1839 birth of josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser)

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 on this day in history.

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 in the year 1839.

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 Victorin de Joncieres, composer was born on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

Apr 20 In the year 1839 birth of carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914)

Apr 22 In the year 1839 birth of august W Eichler, German botanist

Apr 26 In the year 1839 birth of cyrus Hamblin, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867

May 01 On this day in history birth of chardonnet, inventor (rayon)

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Jan 12 Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 in the year 1839.

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

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

Mar 29 In the year 1839 bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56