Historical Events In 1839

Jan 02   In the year 1839 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)  

Jan 02   In the year 1839 first photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)  

Jan 02   The first ever photographs o on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1839 the first ever photographs of the Moon are taken  

Jan 06   2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "Big Wind" in the year 1839.  

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

Jan 09   In the year 1839 daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science  

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   Tea from India 1st arrives in UK on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   In the year 1839 eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar  

Jan 12   Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn in the year 1839.  

Jan 12   On this day in history anthracite coal first used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk PA  

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

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 in the year 1839.  

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   In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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) in the year 1839.  

Feb 07   In the year 1839 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar was born on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Emil Bohn, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1839 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 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   Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799) died in the year 1839.  

Feb 15   In the year 1839 death of chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803)  

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

Mar 13   Robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1839.  

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