Historical Events In 1839

Jan 02   1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) in the year 1839.   

Jan 02   On this day in history first photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)   

Jan 02   The first ever photographs o on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history the first ever photographs of the Moon are taken   

Jan 06   In the year 1839 2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "Big Wind"   

Jan 06   In the year 1839 2 day storm off Irish &English coast immortalized as "The Big Wind"   

Jan 09   Daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   Thomas Henderson measures first stellar parallax (Alpha Centauri) in the year 1839.   

Jan 10   In the year 1839 tea from India 1st arrives in UK   

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

Jan 11   On this day in history earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die   

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

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   On this day in history joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70   

Jan 14   Emil Bohn, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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 in the year 1839.   

Jan 21   In the year 1839 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   Seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917 in the year 1839.   

Jan 29   Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood in the year 1839.   

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   In the year 1839 henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"   

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

Feb 12   Aroostock War: Boundary dispute between Maine & New Brunswick in the year 1839.   

Feb 18   On this day in history detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists)   

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Jan 04   In the year 1839 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 in the year 1839.   

Jan 14   Emil Bohn, composer was born in the year 1839.   

Jan 19   Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born in the year 1839.   

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

Jan 19   Georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38 in the year 1839.   

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   In the year 1839 death of chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803)   

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   On this day in history bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56