Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1839

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

Sep 20 Jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay (1816-39), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Sep 21 Jacob Gottfried Weber, German composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Oct 11 In the year 1839 leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet, dies at 88  

Oct 18 French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Nov 06 In the year 1839 hayim Rapoport, Rabbi of Ostrowiec/author (Maxim Chayyim), dies  

Dec 03 Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71 in the year 1839.  

Dec 07 In the year 1839 jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69  

Dec 15 Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66 in the year 1839.  

Dec 18 In the year 1839 charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75  

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Jan 04 In the year 1839 birth of carl Humann, German engineer (d. 1896)  

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 Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born in the year 1839.  

Jan 19 Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 25 On this day in history 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.