1st Photograph of Moon
Takes the 1st photograph of the moon
Historical events in 1839
109 historical records
January 18394 historical events
Birth of Paul Cezanne
Birth of Paul Cezanne
Battle of Yungay
Santa Cruz is defeated by Chilean and Peruvian restorationist forces, ending the Confederation
Battle of Yungay
Receives news of the victory that ends the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.
February 18392 historical events
President of Ecuador
Appointed President of Ecuador, 2nd term
President of Venezuela
Appointed President of Venezuela, 2nd term
March 18391 historical events
Invasion of Afghanistan
By late March 1839, the British forces had reached Quetta, crossed the Bolan Pass and begun their march to Kabul
April 183935 historical events
Austrian Guarantee
Signs for Austria in the Great Power settlement guaranteeing the Belgian arrangements.
Belgian Territorial Settlement
Accepts the territorial provisions defining the kingdom after separation from the Netherlands.
Belgian Treaty Signature
Signs the definitive separation treaty on behalf of Leopold I and the Kingdom of Belgium.
Debt Settlement
Accepts financial provisions allocating part of the former United Kingdom of the Netherlands debt to Belgium.
Boundary Demarcation
Accepts treaty provisions requiring Belgian and Dutch commissioners to mark the agreed frontier.
Independence of Belgium
The final London settlement recognises Belgium as independent and perpetually neutral under the guarantee of the five Great Powers.
Limburg Partition
Accepts the territorial settlement dividing Limburg between Belgium and the Netherlands.
Luxembourg Partition
Accepts the partition of Luxembourg, with a substantial western part remaining within Belgium.
Perpetual Neutrality
Accepts Belgium's obligation to remain an independent and perpetually neutral state.
Recognition of Belgium
Receives final international recognition of Belgium as a separate kingdom under the London settlement.
Scheldt Navigation
Receives treaty provisions governing free navigation of the Scheldt and joint supervision of its channel.
Territorial Renunciation
Accepts mutual renunciation of claims to territories assigned to the Netherlands under the final settlement.
Treaty of London
Accepts the definitive settlement recognising Belgian independence, fixing borders and placing the kingdom under guaranteed permanent neutrality.
French Guarantee
Signs for France in the international guarantee attached to the Belgian settlement.
Prussian Guarantee
Signs for Prussia in the Great Power treaty guaranteeing the Belgian settlement.
Belgian Neutrality
Prussia joins the international guarantee of Belgium's independence and perpetual neutrality.
Luxembourg Settlement
Accepts the partition of Luxembourg incorporated into the final Belgian-Dutch settlement.
Treaty of London
Prussia joins the other Great Powers in guaranteeing the settlement that recognises Belgian independence and permanent neutrality.
Belgian Neutrality Guarantee
Commits Britain to the international settlement guaranteeing Belgium as an independent and permanently neutral state.
Belgian Settlement
Helps conclude the final settlement between Belgium, the Netherlands and the five Great Powers.
Guarantee of Neutrality
Commits Britain to the Great Power guarantee of Belgium's independence and perpetual neutrality.
Scheldt Navigation
Accepts provisions protecting navigation on the Scheldt as part of the Belgian-Dutch settlement.
Scheldt Navigation
Supports treaty provisions regulating navigation and commerce on the Scheldt after Belgian independence.
Treaty Signature
Signs the 1839 guarantee settlement for Britain as Foreign Secretary.
Twenty-Four Articles Settlement
Helps complete the definitive arrangement based on the Twenty-Four Articles negotiated by the Great Powers.
European Guarantee
Accepts Britain's place among the five powers guaranteeing the Belgian settlement.
Neutrality
Melbourne's government accepts Britain's role in guaranteeing Belgian independence and perpetual neutrality.
Treaty of London
His government signs the final international settlement recognising Belgium and guaranteeing its permanent neutrality.
Dutch Treaty Signature
Signs the definitive territorial separation treaty on behalf of the King of the Netherlands.
Limburg Settlement
Signs provisions dividing Limburg between Belgium and the Netherlands under the final settlement.
Luxembourg Settlement
Accepts arrangements dividing Luxembourg and resolving its relationship with Belgium and the German Confederation.
Definitive Separation
Concludes the settlement that finally recognises the political separation of Belgium from the Netherlands.
Russian Guarantee
Signs for Russia in the international treaty guaranteeing Belgium's definitive settlement.
Invasion of Afghanistan
Kandahar is captured
Treaty Negotiations
Represents Belgian interests during the final negotiations settling relations with the Netherlands.
May 18391 historical events
Ross Antarctic Expedition Begins
Crozier commands HMS Terror during James Clark Ross's Antarctic expedition, undertaking extensive magnetic, oceanographic and geographical exploration.
June 18392 historical events
Battle of Nezib
Receives another major victory over Ottoman forces at the Battle of Nezib.
Ordination of Edward McCabe
McCabe is ordained to the Catholic priesthood for the Dublin archdiocese and begins parish ministry in the city.
July 18392 historical events
Maidenhead Railway Bridge
Maidenhead Railway Bridge opens to traffic and vindicates Brunel's unusually flat arch design.
SS Great Britain
Construction begins on Brunel's iron-hulled transatlantic steamship SS Great Britain.
August 18394 historical events
Restoration
British forces restore Shah Shuja to the throne during the First Anglo-Afghan War.
Daguerreotype Announced
Publicly presents the daguerreotype photographic process.
Practical Photographic Process
Introduces a practical method producing detailed images on silvered plates.
Box Tunnel
Difficult rock strata and heavy water ingress delay excavation, with less than half of the tunnel completed.
September 18391 historical events
Ross Expedition
Sails with HMS Erebus and HMS Terror on the British Antarctic expedition that will explore the Ross Sea region
October 18392 historical events
Constitution of Bolivia
Velasco promulgates a constitution following the end of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.
Invasion of Afghanistan
The official British position that their troops were merely supporting Shah Shujas small army in retaking what was once his throne was generally seen (at the time, as well as now) as pretext for incorporating Afghanistan into the British empire
Restoration
Restored as Amir of Afghanistan
Invasion of Afghanistan
The official British position that their troops were merely supporting Shah Shujas small army in retaking what was once his throne was generally seen (at the time, as well as now) as pretext for incorporating Afghanistan into the British empire. The British denied that they were invading Afghanistan, instead claiming they were merely supporting its legitimate Shuja Government "against foreign interference and factious opposition"
Treaty Ratification Process
Represents Belgium as the treaty system moves from signature to the exchange of ratifications.
Dissolution of Confederation
Velasco restores Bolivia as a separate republic after the confederation collapses.
President of the Council
Appointed President of the Council, 2nd term
Minister to Bremen
Appointed Bavarian Minister to Bremen
Epicurean Philosophy Notebooks
Marx compiles notebooks on Epicurean philosophy while preparing his doctoral research.
The Iberian Peninsula" (Die Iberische Halbinsel)
Publishes "The Iberian Peninsula" (Die Iberische Halbinsel)
The Iberian Peninsula
Publishes "The Iberian Peninsula" (Die Iberische Halbinsel)
Ross Expedition
Commands the Antarctic expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, with Francis Crozier as second-in-command, and begins charting much of the coastline of the continent
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Appointed Secretary for War & the Colonies
Town Council
Serves as Birmingham’s first mayor after incorporation.
Petition
The Chartist petition is delivered to the House of Commons
Chief Whip
Appointed Chief Whip
Lord Privy Seal
Appointed Lord Privy Seal
Government
Asks Peel to to form a Government but refuses to replace Whigs at Court
Marriage
On their 2nd meeting Victoria asks Prince Albert to marry her
ACLL
Founds the Anti Corn Law League to promote free trade & internationalism
Corn Law
Founds the Anti Corn Law League to promote free trade & internationalism
Anti-Corn Law
Helps found the Anti-Corn Law League
Marriage
Marries Catherine Glynne, to whom he remained married until his death 59 years later
Bath GWR Bridge
The Tudor-Gothic bridge forms part of Brunel's Bristol-Bath railway works.
Brook Road Bridge
Completes Brook Road Bridge for the Great Western Railway near Bath.
Commercial Electric Telegraph
Supports installation of electric telegraph wires beside the Great Western Railway.
GWR Shareholder Challenge Defeated
Brunel successfully defends his engineering decisions when dissatisfied shareholders attempt to remove him from the railway project.
Iron Hull Recommended for Great Britain
Brunel and the building committee recommend changing the new steamship from wood to iron construction.
Paddington-West Drayton Telegraph
The Paddington-West Drayton link becomes an early commercial telegraph installation.
River Avon Viaduct Design Developed
Brunel develops the masonry viaduct carrying the Great Western Railway across the River Avon in Wiltshire.
Postal Reform
His postal reform ideas draw on experience as a Birmingham educator and campaigner.
Royal Society
Appointed Member of Royal Society
Invasion of Afghanistan
The official British position that their troops were merely supporting Shah Shujas small army in retaking what was once his throne was generally seen (at the time, as well as now) as pretext for incorporating Afghanistan into the British empire. The British denied that they were invading Afghanistan, instead claiming they were merely supporting its legitimate Shuja Government "against foreign interference and factious opposition"
Invasion of Afghanistan
With Persia ruled by a pron, it may well have been the case that Britain was trying to install a pro-British leader in Afghanistan to prevent Russia from becoming the dominant power and threatening the North-West Frontier. The British denied that they were invading Afghanistan, instead claiming they were merely supporting its legitimate Shuja Government "against foreign interference and factious opposition"
Captain
Appointed Captain
Confiscation-Opium
The Chinese Government confiscates 20,000 British crates of opium
Declaration of War
1st of the 2 Opium Wars between China & Britain
Denounces the war as unjust and iniquitous and criticised Lord Palmerston's
Denounces the war as "unjust and iniquitous" and criticised Lord Palmerston's willingness "to protect an infamous contraband traffic."
Oberto
Composes, "Oberto"
Treaty Ratification Process
Represents the Netherlands during completion of the ratification process for the separation treaties.
Acceptance of Belgian Separation
Accepts the definitive arrangements ending the prolonged dispute over Belgium's separation from the Netherlands.
Minister of State
Appointed Minister of State
Peerage
Elevated to the noble rank of Count
Birth of Carol I
Birth of Carol I
Birth of Modest Mussorgsky
Birth of Modest Mussorgsky
The Stone Guest
Publication of "The Stone Guest"
A Hero of Our Time
Publication of "A Hero of Our Time"
Governor
Appointed Governor of Eastern Siberia
Alliance Nicholas I and Sultan
Meets Emperor Franz of Austria in Bohemia to support the Sultan
Meeting with Emperor Franz of Austria in Bohemia to
Meets Emperor Franz of Austria in Bohemia to support the Sultan
Birth of Pascal Cervera y Topete
Birth of Pascal Cervera y Topete
Foreign Secretary of Turkey
Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term
Succession
Succeeds as Sultan of Turkey
The Fall of the House of Usher
Publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher"
United States Exploring Expedition
Commands the United States Exploring Expedition as it enters Antarctic waters
Governor
Elected Governor of Tennessee
Declaration of War
Opens the conflict that develops into the Guerra Grande between Colorado and Blanco forces and their regional allies