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1839

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Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s - 1830s - 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s

Years: 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 - 1839 - 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844

Events

January 19 - British East India Company captures Aden
Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mahmud II (1808-1839) to Abd-ul-Mejid (1839-1861)

Births

February 11 - Josiah Willard Gibbs theoretical physicist/chemist.
February 22 - Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (+ 1906)
March 21 - Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer

Deaths

August 28 - William Smith, geologist/cartographer.

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