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) in the year 1839.   

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   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 in the year 1839.   

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

Jan 09   Thomas Henderson measures first stellar parallax (Alpha Centauri) on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Tea from India 1st arrives in UK on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history tea from India first arrives in UK   

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

Jan 12   Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1839 emil Bohn, composer   

Jan 19   Aden conquered by British East India Company in the year 1839.   

Jan 19   Bohumil Pazdirek, composer in the year 1839.   

Jan 19   In the year 1839 georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1839 james A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)   

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

Feb 07   In the year 1839 nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901)   

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   Josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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   In the year 1839 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 in the year 1839.   

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

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

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

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