Historical Events In 1839

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

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

Jan 02   The first ever photographs o on this day in history.   

Jan 02   The first ever photographs of the Moon are taken in the year 1839.   

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

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

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   On this day in history tea from India 1st arrives in UK   

Jan 10   On this day in history tea from India first arrives in UK   

Jan 11   In the year 1839 earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die   

Jan 11   Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history 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 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   In the year 1839 georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38   

Jan 19   The birth of Paul Cézanne, French painter in the year 1839.   

Jan 20   In the year 1839 in the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance.   

Jan 21   In the year 1839 acadia College opens in Wolfville Nova Scotia; now Acadia University.   

Jan 24   Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1839 seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917   

Jan 29   Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood on this day in history.   

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

Feb 01   On this day in history james A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)   

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

Feb 07   On this day in history nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901)   

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   In the year 1839 josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist   

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

Feb 18   In the year 1839 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   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 in the year 1839.   

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

Jan 19   Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906) was born in the year 1839.   

Jan 25   Seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917 was born in the year 1839.   

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 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 07   Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799) died on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1839 death of chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803)   

Mar 04   Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72 in the year 1839.   

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

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