Historical Events In 1839

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1839 tea from India 1st arrives in UK  

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

Jan 11   In the year 1839 earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die  

Jan 11   On this day in history 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   In the year 1839 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   Emil Bohn, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 19   On this day in history aden conquered by British East India Company  

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 in the year 1839.  

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1839.  

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) on this day in history.  

Feb 07   Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president" in the year 1839.  

Feb 07   Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901) on this day in history.  

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

Feb 12   On this day in history aroostock War: Boundary dispute between Maine & New Brunswick  

Feb 18   In the year 1839 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   In the year 1839 birth of eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar  

Jan 14   Emil Bohn, composer was born in the year 1839.  

Jan 19   In the year 1839 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 in the year 1839.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 19   Georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38 in the year 1839.  

Feb 01   Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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   Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

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