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   On this day in history the first ever photographs o  

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

Jan 09   Daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science in the year 1839.  

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

Jan 09   In the year 1839 thomas Henderson measures first stellar parallax (Alpha Centauri)  

Jan 10   On this day in history tea from India 1st arrives in UK  

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

Jan 11   On this day in history 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   Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn in the year 1839.  

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   In the year 1839 aden conquered by British East India Company  

Jan 19   In the year 1839 bohumil Pazdirek, composer  

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

Jan 19   The birth of Paul Cézanne, French painter on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 24   In the year 1839 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   Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 in the year 1839.  

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

Feb 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1839 birth of john Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer  

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   On this day in history joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70  

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

Feb 01   In the year 1839 giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76  

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   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