Historical Events In 1839

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

Jan 02   On this day in history first photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)  

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

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

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   On this day in history thomas Henderson measures first stellar parallax (Alpha Centauri)  

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

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   Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar in the year 1839.  

Jan 12   In the year 1839 anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn  

Jan 12   Anthracite coal first used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk PA in the year 1839.  

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

Jan 14   In the year 1839 emil Bohn, composer  

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

Jan 19   On this day in history bohumil Pazdirek, composer  

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

Jan 19   On this day in history the birth of Paul Cézanne, French painter  

Jan 20   In the year 1839 in the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance.  

Jan 21   Acadia College opens in Wolfville Nova Scotia; now Acadia University on this day in history.  

Jan 24   On this day in history charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society  

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

Jan 29   Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood on this day in history.  

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

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

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   On this day in history josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist  

Feb 12   Aroostock War: Boundary dispute between Maine & New Brunswick on this day in history.  

Feb 18   Detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists) in the year 1839.  

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Jan 04   In the year 1839 birth of carl Humann, German engineer (d. 1896)  

Jan 09   In the year 1839 birth of john Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer  

Jan 11   Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar was born in the year 1839.  

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of emil Bohn, composer  

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

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

Jan 25   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1839.  

Mar 04   On this day in history ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72  

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

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