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France in 1839

Name: France in 1839 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for France in 1839, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records

6Events

5Named people

2Places

5Categories

Historical records

January

2 January 18391st Photograph of MoonLouis Daguerre

Science / Astronomy

Takes the 1st photograph of the moon

18 January 1839Birth of Paul CezannePaul Cezanne

Arts / Art

Birth of Paul Cezanne

April

19 April 1839French GuaranteeHorace Francois Bastien Sebastiani

London · Government / Government of Belgium

Signs for France in the international guarantee attached to the Belgian settlement.

August

19 August 1839Daguerreotype AnnouncedLouis Jacques Mande Daguerre

Paris · Science / Technology

Publicly presents the daguerreotype photographic process.

19 August 1839Practical Photographic ProcessLouis Jacques Mande Daguerre

Paris · Science / Technology

Introduces a practical method producing detailed images on silvered plates.

Other Events

1839President of the CouncilNicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult Dalmatie

Government / Government of France

Appointed President of the Council, 2nd term

Names involved

Horace Francois Bastien SebastianiLouis DaguerreLouis Jacques Mande DaguerreNicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult DalmatiePaul Cezanne

Places involved

LondonParis

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.