Important Events in 1839
- Jan 9 Daguerreotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science
- Jan 10 First tea from leaves of indigenous plants of Assam, India arrives in the United Kingdom [date approximate] [1]
- Aug 19 Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris
- Sep 5 The First Opium War begins in China
- Nov 25 Cyclone slams south eastern India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying city of Coringa. Storm waves sweep inland, destroying 20,000 ships and killing an estimated 300,000 people.
More Historical Events
1839 in Sport
- Feb 26 1st Grand National steeplechase, Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool: Jem Mason wins aboard 5/1 favourite Lottery
Did You Know?
Did You Know?Slaves aboard a Spanish schooner La Amistad revolt to secure their freedom while being transported from one Cuban port to another
On July 2, 1839
George Armstrong Custer
John D. Rockefeller
Paul Cézanne
Jean-Baptiste LamarckFamous People in 1839
- Charles Dickens
Novelist
Charles DickensWorld Leaders in 1839
- Martin Van Buren
8th US President - William Lamb
British Prime Minister
Martin Van Buren
William LambFamous Weddings in 1839
- Jan 29 English naturalist and "On the Origin of Species" author Charles Darwin (42) marries Emma Wedgwood (41)
- Jun 18 Dutch prince Willem Alexander (later William III) weds cousin Princess Sophia
- Jul 25 British PM William Gladstone (29) weds Catherine Glynne (27) in England
1839 in Articles and Photos
First Photograph of a Person
In the bottom left corner a man can be seen having his shoes shined on the Boulevard du Temple in Paris
January 9, 1839Bulls Finally Spared 700 Years of Cruelty
The dangerous and despicably cruel “sport” of bull-running came to an end on this day in an English market town. It had been going on for 700 years.
November 13, 1839
