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) in the year 1839.  

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 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   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   Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die in the year 1839.  

Jan 11   In the year 1839 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   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   Aden conquered by British East India Company in the year 1839.  

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

Jan 19   On this day in history georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 29   In the year 1839 charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood  

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) 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   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   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   Carl Humann, German engineer (d. 1896) was born in the year 1839.  

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of bohumil Pazdirek, composer  

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)  

Jan 25   Seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917 was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 12   Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 in the year 1839.  

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   In the year 1839 death of karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)  

Feb 15   Chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803) died in the year 1839.  

Mar 04   In the year 1839 ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72  

Mar 13   Robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Mar 29   In the year 1839 bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56