Historical Events In 1839

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

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1839.   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   On this day in history eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar   

Jan 12   On this day in history anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn   

Jan 12   Anthracite coal first used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk PA on this day in history.   

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

Jan 14   On this day in history emil Bohn, composer   

Jan 19   On this day in history aden conquered by British East India Company   

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

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

Jan 19   On this day in history the birth of Paul Cézanne, French painter   

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   In the year 1839 charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society   

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

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

Feb 01   Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 in the year 1839.   

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

Feb 07   In the year 1839 henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"   

Feb 07   In the year 1839 nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901)   

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   In the year 1839 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   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 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799) died in the year 1839.   

Feb 15   Chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary (b. 1803) died in the year 1839.   

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

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

Mar 29   On this day in history bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56