What Happened In January 1839 In History

Historical Events for January, 1839

• 6th » The Night of the Big Wind named most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
• 9th » The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
• 19th » The British East India Company captures Aden.
• 20th » In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1839

• 1st » Ouida, British author (d. 1908)
• 4th » Carl Humann, German archaeologist (d. 1896)
• 9th » John Knowles Paine, American composer (d. 1906)
• 11th » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher, and sociologist (d. 1903)
• 19th » Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)

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