Famous Birthdays In 1839

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 in the year 1839.  

Jan 11 Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1839.  

Jan 25 Seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917 was born in the year 1839.  

Feb 01 James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 07 On this day in history birth of nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901)  

Feb 09 On this day in history birth of silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1896)  

Feb 11 On this day in history birth of josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist  

Feb 20 Benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (d. 1906)  

Mar 03 In the year 1839 birth of jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904)  

Mar 08 James Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis) was born in the year 1839.  

Mar 09 Felix Huston Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1928 was born in the year 1839.  

Mar 09 In the year 1839 birth of modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov) [OS]  

Mar 09 In the year 1839 birth of phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (d. 1908)  

Mar 10 Dudley Buck, Hartford, Ct, organist/church composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 16 On this day in history birth of rené F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901)  

Mar 17 In the year 1839 birth of josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser)  

Mar 18 Francis Fessenden, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 was born on this day in history.  

Mar 21 In the year 1839 birth of modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS]  

Mar 25 William Bell Wait, US, educated the blind was born on this day in history.  

Mar 31 Nikolay Przhevalsky, naturalist, explorer of east central Asia (OS) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 05 Robert Smalls, Beaufort SC, black congressman 1875-87 (Rep-SC) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 05 In the year 1839 birth of stanislaw Pilinski, composer  

Apr 12 Victorin de Joncieres, composer was born in the year 1839.  

Apr 18 Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer was born in the year 1839.  

Apr 18 In the year 1839 birth of henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)  

Apr 20 Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 22 In the year 1839 birth of august W Eichler, German botanist  

Apr 26 In the year 1839 birth of cyrus Hamblin, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867  

May 01 Chardonnet, inventor (rayon) was born in the year 1839.  

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Jan 12 In the year 1839 joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70  

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 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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