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) on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history the first ever photographs o   

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   In the year 1839 2 day storm off Irish &English coast immortalized as "The Big Wind"   

Jan 09   In the year 1839 daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science   

Jan 09   John Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history thomas Henderson measures first stellar parallax (Alpha Centauri)   

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

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

Jan 11   Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar in the year 1839.   

Jan 12   In the year 1839 anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn   

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   In the year 1839 aden conquered by British East India Company   

Jan 19   Bohumil Pazdirek, composer in the year 1839.   

Jan 19   Georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Acadia College opens in Wolfville Nova Scotia; now Acadia University on this day in history.   

Jan 24   On this day in history charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society   

Jan 25   Seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1839 giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76   

Feb 01   James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak) in the year 1839.   

Feb 07   Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president" on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 04   On this day in history birth of carl Humann, German engineer (d. 1896)   

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

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   On this day in history birth of bohumil Pazdirek, composer   

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

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

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   Georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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