Historical Events In 1839

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

Jan 02   First photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "Big Wind"   

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   On this day in history john Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer   

Jan 09   On this day in history thomas Henderson measures first stellar parallax (Alpha Centauri)   

Jan 10   Tea from India 1st arrives in UK in the year 1839.   

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

Jan 11   Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn in the year 1839.   

Jan 12   On this day in history anthracite coal first used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk PA   

Jan 12   Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

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   Georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 24   Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society in the year 1839.   

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

Jan 29   Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood in the year 1839.   

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) on this day in history.   

Feb 07   Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president" on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Feb 12   Aroostock War: Boundary dispute between Maine & New Brunswick in the year 1839.   

Feb 18   Detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists) in the year 1839.   

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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   On this day in history birth of eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar   

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

Jan 19   In the year 1839 birth of bohumil Pazdirek, composer   

Jan 19   In the year 1839 birth of paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)   

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.   

Jan 12   Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1839 ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72   

Mar 13   In the year 1839 robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55   

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