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) on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1839 the first ever photographs o  

Jan 02   On this day in history the first ever photographs of the Moon are taken  

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

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 in the year 1839.  

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

Jan 10   In the year 1839 tea from India 1st arrives in UK  

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 in the year 1839.  

Jan 11   On this day in history eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar  

Jan 12   Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1839.  

Jan 14   On this day in history emil Bohn, composer  

Jan 19   On this day in history aden conquered by British East India Company  

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

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

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

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

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

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

Feb 01   Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 in the year 1839.  

Feb 01   In the year 1839 james A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)  

Feb 07   On this day in history henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"  

Feb 07   In the year 1839 nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901)  

Feb 08   Aroostook, New Brunswick American and Canadian loggers clash in Aroostook lumber war over undefined boundary with Maine on this day in history.  

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

Feb 12   In the year 1839 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   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 in the year 1839.  

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

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

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 in the year 1839.  

Jan 12   In the year 1839 joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70  

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   In the year 1839 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   On this day in history ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72  

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