Historical Events In 1839

Jan 02   In the year 1839 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)   

Jan 02   First photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) in the year 1839.   

Jan 02   In the year 1839 the first ever photographs o   

Jan 02   In the year 1839 the first ever photographs of the Moon are taken   

Jan 06   2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "Big Wind" in the year 1839.   

Jan 06   2 day storm off Irish &English coast immortalized as "The Big Wind" on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   Thomas Henderson measures first stellar parallax (Alpha Centauri) in the year 1839.   

Jan 10   Tea from India 1st arrives in UK on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Tea from India first arrives in UK in the year 1839.   

Jan 11   Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die in the year 1839.   

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

Jan 12   In the year 1839 anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn   

Jan 12   Anthracite coal first used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk PA in the year 1839.   

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

Jan 14   On this day in history emil Bohn, composer   

Jan 19   Aden conquered by British East India Company in the year 1839.   

Jan 19   Bohumil Pazdirek, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1839 georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38   

Jan 19   On this day in history the birth of Paul Cézanne, French painter   

Jan 20   In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history acadia College opens in Wolfville Nova Scotia; now Acadia University.   

Jan 24   On this day in history charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society   

Jan 25   On this day in history seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917   

Jan 29   In the year 1839 charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood   

Feb 01   On this day in history giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76   

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

Feb 07   In the year 1839 henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"   

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

Feb 08   In the year 1839 aroostook, New Brunswick American and Canadian loggers clash in Aroostook lumber war over undefined boundary with Maine   

Feb 11   Josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist in the year 1839.   

Feb 12   On this day in history aroostock War: Boundary dispute between Maine & New Brunswick   

Feb 18   On this day in history detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists)   

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Jan 04   On this day in history 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   Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of emil Bohn, composer   

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of bohumil Pazdirek, composer   

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

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.   

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

Jan 19   Georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38 in the year 1839.   

Feb 01   Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1839 death of karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)   

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 in the year 1839.   

Mar 13   Robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1839.   

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