Historical Events In 1839

Jan 02   1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1839 the first ever photographs o   

Jan 02   In the year 1839 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   2 day storm off Irish &English coast immortalized as "The Big Wind" on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1839 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 in the year 1839.   

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 19   On this day in history bohumil Pazdirek, composer   

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

Jan 19   In the year 1839 the birth of Paul Cézanne, French painter   

Jan 20   In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1839.   

Jan 25   On this day in history seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917   

Jan 29   In the year 1839 charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood   

Feb 01   Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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   Aroostook, New Brunswick American and Canadian loggers clash in Aroostook lumber war over undefined boundary with Maine in the year 1839.   

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

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

Feb 18   Detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists) on this day in history.   

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Jan 04   Carl Humann, German engineer (d. 1896) was born in the year 1839.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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.   

Jan 12   Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 01   Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Feb 07   Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799) died on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1839 death of chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803)   

Mar 04   In the year 1839 ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72   

Mar 13   In the year 1839 robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55   

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