Historical Events In 1839
Monday, 14 July 2025
Jan 02 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) on this day in history.
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 The first ever photographs of the Moon are taken in the year 1839.
Jan 06 On this day in history 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 in the year 1839.
Jan 09 In the year 1839 john Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer
Jan 09 Thomas Henderson measures first stellar parallax (Alpha Centauri) on this day in history.
Jan 10 Tea from India 1st arrives in UK on this day in history.
Jan 10 On this day in history tea from India first arrives in UK
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 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 on this day in history.
Jan 12 In the year 1839 joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70
Jan 14 In the year 1839 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 Georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38 in the year 1839.
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 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 in the year 1839.
Feb 01 Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.
Feb 01 James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak) in the year 1839.
Feb 07 Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president" on this day in history.
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 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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