Historical Events In 1839

Jul 10   Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1839.  

Jul 12   Christian Traugott Tag, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1839.  

Jul 14   On this day in history edward Sydney Smith, composer  

Jul 15   On this day in history winthrop Mackworth Praed, politician/poet, dies  

Jul 16   Philipus J Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist on this day in history.  

Jul 17   On this day in history friedrich Gernsheim, composer  

Jul 27   In the year 1839 chartist riots break out in Birmingham England  

Jul 30   Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad in the year 1839.  

Aug 04   Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism) on this day in history.  

Aug 08   Beta Theta Pi is founded in Oxford, Ohio in the year 1839.  

Aug 08   In the year 1839 nelson Appleton Miles, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925  

Aug 15   Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer in the year 1839.  

Aug 17   Hubert Platt Main, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 19   Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris in the year 1839.  

Aug 19   Oskar Brefeld, German botanist in the year 1839.  

Aug 23   On this day in history british capture Hong Kong from China  

Aug 23   Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Aug 23   Hong Kong is taken by British in war with China in the year 1839.  

Aug 24   Eduard Napravnik, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 26   The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island on this day in history.  

Aug 27   Emory Upton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1881 on this day in history.  

Sep 02   Henry George, land reformer/writer (Progress & Poverty) on this day in history.  

Sep 02   Salon of Varietes opens in Amsterdam on this day in history.  

Sep 05   The First Opium War begins in China on this day in history.  

Sep 06   Cherokee Nation forms in the year 1839.  

Sep 06   Great fire in NY on this day in history.  

Sep 09   John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph in the year 1839.  

Sep 09   On this day in history john Herschel takes the 1st glass plate photograph  

Sep 10   On this day in history isaac Kauffman Funk, US, publisher (Funk & Wagnalls)  

Sep 10   Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Sep 11   On this day in history 1st Canadian track & field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds)  

Sep 17   Ethel Mary Dell, [Mrs G T Savage], romantic novelist, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 19   In the year 1839 the birth of George Cadbury, English founder of 'Cadburys' chocolates  

Sep 20   In the year 1839 1st railroad in Netherland opens (Amsterdam-Haarlem)  

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Jan 04   Carl Humann, German engineer (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of emil Bohn, composer  

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

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

Jan 25   On this day in history birth of seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917  

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 in the year 1839.  

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   In the year 1839 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   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