Historical Events Oct 10 British troops under General Charles Napier occupy Beirut Oct 20 Margaret Fuller is appointed editor of new US Transcendental Magazine "The Dial" Famous Birthdays Oct 2 Hans Thoma, German painter, born in Bernau, Black Forest (d. 1924) Oct 21 Georg von Siemens, founder (Deutsche Bank) Oct 30 Alfred Sisley, French impressionist painter, born in Paris (d. 1899) Famous Deaths Oct 11 Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet, dies at 88 Oct 18 French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1838 History by Year 1840 What Happened in 1839 First Photograph of a Person January 9, 1839 Bulls Finally Spared 700 Years of Cruelty November 13, 1839
