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| Countries: Australia - Canada - Germany - Ireland - New Zealand - Norway - South Africa - U. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends End of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe (1803 - 1815 Events and trends Nationalistic independence helped reshape the world during this decade Greece gains independence from the Ottoman Empire Events and trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday. Events and trends Technology First use of General anesthesia in an operation by Crawford Long. Events and Trends Industry Production of Steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common 1839 in Archaeology Excavations English Archeologist A H Layard begins excavations of Nineveh The year 1839 in architecture involved some significant events List of years in Art Events Works Carl Spitzweg - The Poor Poet The year 1839 in literature involved some significant new books Events William Wordsworth granted an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree by Oxford University. Events Felix Mendelssohn conducts the first performance of Franz Schubert 's Great C Major Symphony Classical Music The year 1839 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below See also Sports clubs established before 1850, 1850 in sports and the List of 'years in sports', and the History of sport article Events January events January 1 - The New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company opens its route between Trenton and See also 1838 in Australia, other events of 1839, 1840 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. See also 1838 in Canada, other events of 1839, 1840 in Canada and the List of 'years in Canada'. Events The Ulster Railway began construction of a railway line between Belfast and Lisburn. Incumbents Regal and Vice Regal Head of State - Queen Victoria Governor of New South Wales – Sir George See also 1838 in South Africa, other events of 1839, 1840 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. S. - UK |
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Year 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne, 1838 state leaders - Events of 1839 - 1840 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- Portugal Angola - # Manuel Bernardo Vidal, Governor-General of Angola ( 1837 - 1839) # António Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Tuesday ( Dominical letter F) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the calendar for any Common year starting on Sunday ( Dominical letter A) or for any year in which “ Doomsday ” is Tuesday The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita
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Events of 1839
January - March
- January 9 - The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. The French Academy of Sciences ( French: Académie des sciences) is a Learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the The daguerreotype (original French daguerréotype) is an early type of Photograph, developed by Louis Daguerre, in which the image is exposed directly Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing
- January 19 - British East India Company captures Aden
- January 20 - In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. The Honourable East India Company ( HEIC) referred to most commonly as the East India Company, also historically and colloquially as John Company, or Aden (ˈeɪdən Arabic: عدن) is a city in Yemen, 170 kilometers east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. The Battle of Yungay was the final battle in the Chilean-Confederation War, taking place on January 20 1839 Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America.
- February 11 - The University of Missouri is established, becoming the first public university west of the Mississippi River. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. The University of Missouri (also known as the University of Missouri–Columbia, Mizzou, or MU) is a public land-grant and research The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to
- February 24 - William Otis receives a patent for the steam shovel. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the William Otis was an American inventor of the Steam shovel. Otis received a Patent for his creation on February 24, 1839. A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an A steam shovel is a large steam-powered excavating machine designed for lifting and moving material such as rock and Soil.
- March 5 - Longwood University founded, Farmville, Virginia. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Longwood University is a four-year public liberal-arts University located in Farmville Virginia. Farmville is the name of several places in the United States of America Farmville North Carolina, a town in Pitt County North Carolina the Farmville The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state
- March 7 - Baltimore City College, the third public high school in the United States, is established in Baltimore, Maryland. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus The Baltimore City College ( BCC) also referred to as The Castle on the Hill, historically The College, and most commonly City, is a public
- March 23 - First recorded use of "OK" oll korrect (Boston Morning Post). Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Okay is an informal term of approval assent or acknowledgment (often written as OK or O The Boston Post was the most popular daily Newspaper in New England for over a hundred years before it folded in 1956
- March 26 - The first Henley Royal Regatta is held
- March 29 - British naturalist Charles Darwin marries his cousin Emma Wedgwood. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Henley Royal Regatta is a rowing event held every year on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Charles Robert Darwin (February 12 1809 &ndash April 19 1882 was an English naturalist, who realised and demonstrated that all Species of life Emma Darwin ( Née Wedgwood 2 May 1808 &ndash 7 October 1896) was the wife of the English naturalist Charles
April - June
- April - Sultan Mahmud II of Turkey declares death. April holidays and events National Poetry Month - in United States National Sexual Assault Awareness Month - in United
- April 9 - The world's first commercial electric telegraph line comes into operation alongside the Great Western Railway line from Paddington station to West Drayton. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company and a notable example of Civil engineering, linking London with the West London Paddington station, also known as London Paddington, or just simply Paddington, is a major National Rail and London Underground station West Drayton is an area of West London in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
- April 19 - The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer The Treaty of London, also called the First Treaty of London or the Convention of 1839, was a Treaty signed on 19 April 1839 between The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those A monarchy is a Form of government in which supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in an individual who is the Head of state, often for life or
- June 22 - Louis Daguerre receives patent for his camera (commercially available by September at the price of 400 Francs)
July - September
- July 1 - Slave rebellion of Amistad
- July 1 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mahmud II (1808-1839) to Abd-ul-Mejid (1839-1861). Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. The Amistad, 40 US (15 Pet 518 (1841 was a United States Supreme Court case resulting from the rebellion of slaves on board the Spanish "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Mahmud II ( Ottoman Turkish: محمود ثاني Mahmud-ı sānī) ( July 20, 1785 July 1, 1839 Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Abdülmecid I ( Ottoman Turkish: عبد المجيد اول ‘Abdü’l-Mecīd-i evvel) ( April 23 1823 June 25 1861 Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
- July 23 - British forces capture the fortress city of Ghazni, Afghanistan in the Battle of Ghazni during the First Anglo-Afghan War
- August 8 - The Beta Theta Pi fraternity was founded in Oxford, Ohio
- August 19 - French government gives Louis Daguerre a pension and gives the daguerreotype "for the whole world"
- August 23 - British forces seized Hong Kong as a base, as it prepared to wage war against Qing China. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Ghazni City ( - Ğaznī; Ghazna and Ghaznīn are the old names for Ghazni Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The Battle of Ghazni or called Ghuznee took place in city of Ghazni in central Afghanistan on July 23, 1839 during the First Anglo-Afghan The First Anglo–Afghan War lasted from 1839 to 1842 It was one of the first major conflicts during The Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Oxford is a city in northwestern Butler County, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern portion of the state Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. The daguerreotype (original French daguerréotype) is an early type of Photograph, developed by Louis Daguerre, in which the image is exposed directly Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China The ensuing 3-year conflict would become known as the First Opium War. The First Opium War or the First Anglo-Chinese War was fought between the British East India Company and the Qing Dynasty in China from 1839
- September 9 - In the Great Fire of Mobile, Alabama hundreds of buildings are burned. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian
October - December
- October 3 - In the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies a railway between Napoli and Portici (7. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ( Regno delle Due Sicilie) commonly known as just the Two Sicilies, was the name of a Kingdom in Europe. Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the Portici is a Town and Comune of the Province of Naples in the Campania region of southern Italy. 4km length) is inaugurated by H. M. the King Ferdinand II of Bourbon. Ferdinand II ( Ferdinando Carlo, January 12, 1810 &ndash May 22, 1859) was the King of the Two Sicilies from 1830 until The House of Bourbon is an important European Royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. It is the first railway in the Italian peninsula.
- October 15 - Abd al-Kader declares a jihad against the French. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the `Abd al-Qādir al-Jazā'irī ( 6 September, 1808 - 26 May, 1883, in Arabic عبد القادر الجزائري was an Jihad (جهاد ʤɪhæːd an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
- November 4 - The Newport Rising was the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani The Newport Rising was the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain, when on November 4 1839, somewhere between 1000 and
- November 11 - The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare The Virginia Military Institute ( VMI) located in Lexington Virginia, is the oldest state-supported military college and one of six senior The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state
- November 17 - Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio opens in Milan. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio is an Opera in two acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on an Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy.
- November 25 - A disastrous cyclone slams India with terrible winds and a giant 40 foot storm surge, wiping out the port city of Coringa. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the In Meteorology, a cyclone refers to an area of closed circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Storm surge or tidal surge is an offshore rise of water associated with a low pressure weather system typically a Tropical cyclone. Coringa is a tiny village East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, India. 300,000 people die.
- November 27 - In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont The American Statistical Association (ASA, a scientific and educational society founded in Boston Massachusetts on November 27, 1839, is the second
Undated
- In the United States, the first state law permitting women to own property is passed in Jackson, Mississippi.
- The first parallax measurement of the distance to Alpha Centauri is published by Thomas Henderson. Parallax is an apparent displacement or difference of orientation of an object viewed along two different lines of sight and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between Alpha Centauri (α Centauri / α Cen also known as Rigil Kentaurus, Rigil Kent, or Toliman, is the brightest Star in the southern Constellation Thomas James Henderson ( 28 December 1798 &ndash 23 November 1844) was a Scottish astronomer noted for being the first person to measure
- Michael Faraday publishes "Experimental Researches in Electricity" clarifying the true nature of electricity. Michael Faraday, FRS ( September 22 1791 – August 25 1867) was an English
- Excavation on Copan begins. The Pre-Columbian city today known as Copán is a locale in extreme western Honduras, in the Copán Department, near to the Guatemalan border
- Half of the Limburg province of Belgium was added to the Netherlands, since 1839 there is a Belgian Limburg and Dutch Limburg. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Limburg ( Dutch: (Nederlands Limburg is the southern-most of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands.
- Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia is founded. Episcopal High School is a common name for high schools affiliated with the Episcopal Church in the United States of America including Episcopal High School (Alexandria
- Charles Goodyear vulcanizes rubber. Charles Goodyear ( December 29, 1800 - July 1, 1860) was the first American to vulcanize rubber, a process which he discovered in Vulcanization (or Vulcanisation refers to a specific curing process of Rubber involving high heat and the addition of Sulfur or other equivalent curatives
Ongoing events
- First Opium War (1839-1842)
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1839 MDCCCXXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2592 |
| Armenian calendar | 1288 ԹՎ ՌՄՁԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -5 – -4 |
| Berber calendar | 2789 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2383 |
| Burmese calendar | 1201 |
| Chinese calendar | 4475/4535-11-16 (戊戌年十一月十六日) — to — 4476/4536-11-26(己亥年十一月廿六日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1555 – 1556 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1831 – 1832 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5599 – 5600 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1894 – 1895 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1761 – 1762 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4940 – 4941 |
| Holocene calendar | 11839 |
| Iranian calendar | 1217 – 1218 |
| Islamic calendar | 1254 – 1255 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenpō 10 (天保10年) |
| Korean calendar | 4172 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2382 |
January - June
- January 19 - Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. The First Opium War or the First Anglo-Chinese War was fought between the British East India Company and the Qing Dynasty in China from 1839 Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Bunsei and before Kōka. The period spanned the years from 1830 through 1844. The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. 1906)
- February 11 - Josiah Willard Gibbs American physicist and chemist (d. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Josiah Willard Gibbs ( February 11, 1839 &ndash April 28, 1903) was an American theoretical Physicist, Chemist 1903)
- February 22 - Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (d. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Francis Pharcellus Church ( February 22 1839 &ndash April 11 1906) was an American publisher and editor 1906)
- March 9 - Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (d. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Phoebe Knapp ( March 9 1839 &ndash July 10 1908) was a Composer of Music for Hymns Knapp was born in 1908)
- March 16 - John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (d. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king John Butler Yeats (Born in Lawrencetown, townland of Tullylish, County Down, 16 March 1839, died 3 February 1922 1922)
- March 21 - Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский Modest Petrovič Musorgskij) ( March 21 March 9 1839 &ndash March 1881)
- April 12 - Nikolai Przhevalsky, Russian explorer (d. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky (prʐɛ'valʲskʲi also spelled Przewalski and Prjevalsky (Никола́й Миха́йлович Пржева́льский 1888)
- April 30 - Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian president (d. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Floriano Vieira Peixoto ( April 30, 1839, Maceió, Brazil &mdash July 29, 1895, Rio de Janeiro) pron 1895)
- June 17 - Arthur Tooth, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (d. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Father Arthur Tooth SSC (1839–1931 a Ritualist and Clergyman in the Church of England, and a member of the Society of the Holy Cross Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs A cleric ( Ancient Greek κληρικός - klērikos clergyman (pl this article is on the Anglican church in particular See Orthopraxis for ritualism in general Events and Trends Technology The invention of the prototype telephone by Alexander G 1931)
- June 21 - Machado de Assis, Brazilian author (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, pron. ʒoa'kĩ ma'riɐ ma'ʃadu dʒi a'sis often known as Machado de Assis, Machado, or Bruxo do Cosme Velho 1908)
July - December
- July 8 - John Davison Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist (d. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 John Davison Rockefeller ( July 8, 1839 &ndash May 23, 1937) was an American Industrialist and philanthropist 1937)
- July 17 - Ephraim Shay, inventor of the Shay locomotive (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Ephraim Shay ( July 17 1839 &ndash April 19 1916) designed the first Shay locomotive and patented the type Shay locomotive was the most widely used Geared steam locomotive. 1916)
- November 20 - Christian Wilberg, German painter (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Christian Wilberg ( November 20, 1839 in Havelberg – June 3, 1882 in Paris) was a German painter 1882)
- December 5 - George Armstrong Custer, American cavalry officer (d. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. 1876)
- December 12 - Caroline Lake Ingalls, née Quiner, mother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Caroline Ingalls, born Caroline Lake Quiner ( December 12 1839 – April 20 1924) was the mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura Ingalls Wilder ( February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American Author, who wrote the Little House series April 20, 1924)
Deaths
January - June
- February 7 - Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Karl August Nicander ( March 20 1799 — February 7 1839) is a Swedish lyric poet. 1799)
- March 2 - Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte, niece of Napoleon I of France (b. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Charlotte Bonaparte ( October 31 1802 - March 2 1839) was the daughter of Joseph Bonaparte, the older brother of Emperor 1802)
- April 1 - Benjamin Pierce, U. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Benjamin Pierce ( December 25, 1757 - April 1, 1839) US Democratic-Republican Party politician He served as Governor S. politician (b. 1757)
- April 2 - Hezekiah Niles, American editor and publisher (b. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Hezekiah Niles, ( October 10 1777 – April 2 1839) was an American editor and publisher of the Baltimore -based national 1777)
- April 4 - Kaahumanu II, queen of Hawaii
- April 11 - John Galt, Scottish novelist (b. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Princess Kalani Ahumanu i Kaliko o Iwi Kauhipua o Kīnau, also known as Kaahumanu II or Elizabeth Kīnau (circa Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. John Galt ( May 2, 1779 – April 11, 1839) was a Scottish Novelist 1779)
- April 22 - Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Denis Vasilyevich Davydov (Russian Денис Васильевич Давыдов ( —) was a Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars who invented a specific 1784)
- May 17 - Archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Archibald Alison (13 November 1757 Edinburgh – 17 May 1839 was a Scottish Didactic and philosophical writer 1757)
July - December
- July 8 - Fernando Sor, Spanish composer (b. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Fernando Sor (baptized February 14, 1778 &ndash July 10, 1839) was a Spanish guitarist and Composer, born 1778)
- July 15 - Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English politician and poet (b. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Winthrop Mackworth Praed ( 28 July 1802 &ndash 15 July 1839) was an English politician and Poet. 1802)
- August 10 - John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (b. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire John St Aubyn may refer to Sir John St Aubyn 1st Baronet (1645-1687 Sir John St Aubyn 2nd Baronet (1670-1714 Sir 1758)
- August 22 - Benjamin Lundy, American abolitionist (b. Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Benjamin Lundy ( January 4, 1789 &ndash August 22, 1839) was an American Quaker Abolitionist who established several anti-slavery 1789)
- August 28 - William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (b. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital William Smith ( March 23 1769 &ndash August 28 1839) was an English Geologist, credited with creating the first nationwide 1769)
- October - William Light, British Army colonel and the first Surveyor-General of South Australia (b. Year 1769 ( MDCCLXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic Colonel William Light, 27 April 1786 &ndash 6 October 1839, was a British military officer and first Surveyor-General South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country 1786)
- November 15 - William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (b. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. William Murdoch (sometimes spelled Murdock) ( August 21, 1754 - November 15, 1839) was a Scottish engineer and inventor 1754)
- December 3 - Frederick VI, King of Denmark, ex-King of Norway (b. Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Frederick VI ( January 28, 1768 - December 3, 1839) reigned as King of Denmark from 1808 to 1839 and as king of Norway 1768)
- December 15 - Ignaz Aurelius Fessler, court councillor and minister to Alexander I (b. Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ignaz Aurelius Fessler ( May 18, 1756 - December 15, 1839) Hungarian ecclesiastic politician historian and Freemason, was born in 1756)
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