Famous Personalities Born In 1839

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 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 In the year 1839 birth of bohumil Pazdirek, composer  

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

Jan 25 In the year 1839 birth of seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917  

Feb 01 In the year 1839 birth of james A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)  

Feb 07 Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901) was born in the year 1839.  

Feb 09 Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1896) was born in the year 1839.  

Feb 11 In the year 1839 birth of josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist  

Feb 20 In the year 1839 birth of benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908)  

Feb 22 In the year 1839 birth of francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (d. 1906)  

Mar 03 Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904) was born in the year 1839.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 09 Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (d. 1908) was born in the year 1839.  

Mar 10 In the year 1839 birth of dudley Buck, Hartford, Ct, organist/church composer  

Mar 16 René F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 17 Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser) was born in the year 1839.  

Mar 18 Francis Fessenden, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 was born in the year 1839.  

Mar 21 Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS] was born on this day in history.  

Mar 25 On this day in history birth of william Bell Wait, US, educated the blind  

Mar 31 On this day in history birth of nikolay Przhevalsky, naturalist, explorer of east central Asia (OS)  

Apr 05 Robert Smalls, Beaufort SC, black congressman 1875-87 (Rep-SC) was born in the year 1839.  

Apr 05 On this day in history birth of stanislaw Pilinski, composer  

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

Apr 18 In the year 1839 birth of frantz Jehin-Prume, composer  

Apr 18 Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) was born in the year 1839.  

Apr 20 Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914) was born in the year 1839.  

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

Apr 26 On this day in history birth of cyrus Hamblin, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867  

May 01 In the year 1839 birth of chardonnet, inventor (rayon)  

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Jan 12 Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 in the year 1839.  

Jan 19 In the year 1839 georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38  

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 in the year 1839.  

Mar 04 Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Mar 13 On this day in history robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55  

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