In history, year 1839 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1839.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1839:
Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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06 january | The most damaging storm in 300 years swept across Ireland, with 100-knot winds damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin. |
09 january | The French Academy of Sciences announced the daguerreotype photographic process, named after its inventor, French artist and chemist Louis Daguerre . |
03 june | Qing government official Lin Zexu precipitated the First Opium War by ordering the destruction of nearly 1.2 million kg (2.6 millionlbs) of opium in Humen, China. |
23 august | As it prepared for war against China's Qing Dynasty, an ensuing conflict that became known as the First Opium War, Britain captured theport of Hong Kong. |
11 november | The Virginia Military Institute, currently the oldest statemilitary college in the United States, was founded. |
17 november | Giuseppe Verdi's first opera Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio,was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. |
05 September | The first opium war between China and Britain began in East China as trade disputes reached its climax. |
20 September | The first railroad from Needleland to Amsterdam was inaugurated by Harlem. |
19 August | World Photography Day started when a report was presented about the discovery of the photo element. |
18 December | John Draper of America first photographed a celestial body moon). |
02 January | French photographer Louis Daguerre displayed the first photo of the moon. |
15 January | El Salvador formally gained independence following the dissolution of the Central American Union. |
02 January | French cinematographer Luis Dagre drew the moon for the first time. |
24 February | William Otis received a patent for a steam shovel. |
05 March | Longwood University was established in Farmville, Virginia. |
19 April | The Treaty of London made Belgium an independent empire and constituted Luxembourg as a Grand Duchy. |
12 May | The socialist activist Luis Augusti Blaqui and the Sएtete des Sassons launched a revolt against the French government. |
07 June | Aerial Rights Declaration was signed. |
01 July | Abdul-Medzad succeeded Mahmud II as Sultan of Turkey. |
08 August | Beta Thita Pi was established in Oxford, Ohio. |
05 September | The first opium war started in China. |
15 October | Abdelkader El Dazazairi declared a jihad against the French. |
11 November | The Virginia Military Institute was established in Lexington, Virginia. |
18 December | First Astronomical Photo Moon by John Draper) Made in America. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1839:
Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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01 November | Ahmed Muhtar Pasha / Politician / Oman |
02 September | Henry George / Author / United States of America |
04 August | Walter Pater / Author / United Kingdom |
07 March | Ludwig Mond / Chemist / Germany |
08 July | John D. Rockefeller / Business Man / United States of America |
08 August | Nelson A. Miles / General / United States of America |
09 January | John Knowles Paine / Academic / United States of America |
09 February | Silas Adams / Lawyer / United States of America |
10 June | Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg / Politician / Denmark |
11 February | Josiah Willard Gibbs / Mathematician / United States of America |
16 March | Sully Prudhomme / Poet / France |
16 March | John Butler Yeats / Painter / Ireland |
18 November | August Kundt / Educator / Germany |
19 January | Paul Cézanne / Painter / France |
21 June | Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis / Poet / Brazil |
22 July | Jakob Hurt / Theologist / Estonia |
23 December | János Murkovics / Author / Hungary |
24 June | Gustavus Franklin Swift / Business Man / United States of America |
25 September | Karl Alfred von Zittel / Geologist / Germany |
30 October | Alfred Sisley / Painter / United Kingdom |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1839:
Year | Name / Profession / Country |
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03 March | Jamsetji Tata / Business Man / India |