Historical Events In 1839

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1839 the first ever photographs of the Moon are taken  

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   John Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer on this day in history.  

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

Jan 10   Tea from India 1st arrives in UK in the year 1839.  

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

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 in the year 1839.  

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   Emil Bohn, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 19   In the year 1839 aden conquered by British East India Company  

Jan 19   Bohumil Pazdirek, composer in the year 1839.  

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   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   Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood on this day in history.  

Feb 01   In the year 1839 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history aroostook, New Brunswick American and Canadian loggers clash in Aroostook lumber war over undefined boundary with Maine  

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

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

Feb 18   Detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists) on this day in history.  

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Jan 04   Carl Humann, German engineer (d. 1896) was born in the year 1839.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 19   Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born in the year 1839.  

Jan 19   Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.  

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   Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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   Chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803) died on this day in history.  

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

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

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