1839

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

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Events

• January 9 - The French Academy of Science announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
• January 19 - British East India Company captures Aden
• January 20 - In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance.
• February 24 - William Otis receives a patent for the steam shovel.
• March 23 - First recorded use of "OK" oll korrect (Boston Morning Post).
• March 26 - The first Henley Royal Regatta is held
• Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mahmud II (1808-1839) to Abd-ul-Mejid (1839-1861)

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

• 1839 in literature:

Births

• January 19 - Paul Cézanne, painter (+ 1906)
• February 11 - Josiah Willard Gibbs theoretical physicist/chemist.
• February 22 - Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (+ 1906)
• March 21 - Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer
• July 8 - John Davison Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist.

Deaths

• August 28 - William Smith, geologist/cartographer.