Page 5: Historical Events In 1839

Sep 21   Jacob Gottfried Weber, German composer, dies at 60   

Sep 25   Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya).   

Sep 28   Frances E C Willard, NY, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance Union).   

Oct 02   Hans Thoma, painter   

Oct 02   New Zealand comes under jurisdiction of the Governor of New South Wales.   

Oct 10   British troops under Gen Charles Napier occupy Beirut.   

Oct 11   Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet, dies at 88   

Oct 18   French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68.   

Oct 21   Georg von Siemens, founder (Deutsche Bank)   

Oct 30   Alfred Sisley, French impressionist painter.   

Nov 03   1st opium war-2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks.   

Nov 03   inaugural opium war-2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks   

Nov 04   The Newport Rising is the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain   

Nov 06   Hayim Rapoport, Rabbi of Ostrowiec/author (Maxim Chayyim), dies.   

Nov 07   Henry Holmes, composer.   

Nov 11   The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.   

Nov 13   1st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY   

Nov 13   The inaugural US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY.   

Nov 17   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Oberte Conti Di," premieres in Milan   

Nov 18   August A Kundt, German physicist (sound vibration, test of Kundt).   

Nov 25   A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (never to be entirely rebuilt again). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300000 deaths result from the disaster   

Nov 25   Stanislaw Duniecki, composer.   

Nov 27   American Statistical Association organizes in Boston.   

Nov 29   Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright (Der Schandfleck).   

Dec 03   Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71   

Dec 05   George Armstrong Custer, Killed at the battle of 'The Little Bighorn' is born   

Dec 05   George Armstrong Custer, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1876.   

Dec 07   Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69   

Dec 07   Redvers H Buller, English general/large landowner: Natal   

Dec 15   Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish court-painter, dies at 66.   

Dec 18   1st celestial photograph (of Moon) made in US, John Draper, NYC   

Dec 18   Charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75   

Dec 18   inaugural celestial photograph (of the moon) made in US, John Draper, New York NY.   

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Jan 04   Carl humann: German engineer    

Jan 09   John knowles paine: Portland maine, composer   

Jan 11   Eugenio maria de hostos: Puerto rico, patriot/scholar   

Jan 14   Emil bohn: Composer   

Jan 19   Bohumil pazdirek: Composer   

Jan 19   Paul cézanne: French painter    

Jan 25   Seldon connor: Brig general (union volunteers), died in 1917   

Feb 01   James a herne: [j aherne], us playwright (hearts of oak)   

Jan 12   Joseph a koch: Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator,    

Jan 19   Georg abraham schneider: Composer,    

Feb 01   Giuseppe valadier: Italian architect/archaeologist,   

Feb 07   Karl august nicander: Swedish poet (b. 1799)   

Feb 15   Chevalier de lorimier: Quebec notary (b. 1803)   

Mar 04   Ignace antoine ladurner: Pianist/composer,    

Mar 13   Robert gallenberg: Composer,    

Mar 29   Bernardus jc dibbets: Dutch baron/gen-major (maastricht),