1839
Archibald Alison, Scottish priest and author (born 1757)
Archibald Alison was a Scottish Anglican priest and essayist.
Archibald Alison, Scottish priest and author (born 1757)
The 1830s
Explore 335 historical events from 1830–1839.
1839
Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (born 1774)
Lieutenant-General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck,, known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British military commander and politician who served as the governor of the Bengal …
Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (born 1774)
1839
Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire (born 1780)
Ranjit Singh was the founder and the first maharaja of the Sikh Empire, ruling from 1801 until his death in 1839.
Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire (born 1780)
1839
Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan (born 1785)
Mahmud II was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. Often described as the "Peter the Great of Turkey", Mahmud instituted extensive administrative, mi…
Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan (born 1785)
1839
Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet and politician (born 1802)
Winthrop Mackworth Praed —typically written as W. Mackworth Praed—was an English politician and poet.
Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet and politician (born 1802)
1839
Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (born 1755)
Baron Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de Prony was a French mathematician and engineer, who worked on hydraulics. He was born at Chamelet, Beaujolais, France and died in Asnière…
Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (born 1755)
1838
The French Army captures Veracruz in the Pastry War
The French Army is the land service branch of the French Armed Forces. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Staff of the French Army (CEMAT), who is subordinate to the Chief of th…
The French Army captures Veracruz in the Pastry War
1838
Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 square kilometres (50,340 sq mi). With a population of…
Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation
1838
Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians are murdered
The Myall Creek massacre was the killing of at least 28 unarmed Aboriginal people in the Colony of New South Wales by eight colonists on 10 June 1838 at the Myall Creek in the nort…
Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians are murdered
1838
Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
The coronation of Victoria as queen of the United Kingdom took place on Thursday, 28 June 1838, just over a year after she succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom at the age …
Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
1838
The Iowa Territory is organized.
Iowa Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 3, 1838, until December 28, 1846, when the southeastern portion of the territory …
The Iowa Territory is organized.
1838
Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and…
Ralph Waldo Emerson, who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of …
Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and…
1838
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French chemist and academic (died 1912)
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, also called François Lecoq de Boisbaudran, was a self-taught French chemist known for his discoveries of the chemical elements gallium, samarium an…
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French chemist and academic (died 1912)
1838
John Muir, Scottish-American environmentalist and author (died 1914)
John Muir, also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist…
John Muir, Scottish-American environmentalist and author (died 1914)
1838
Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1913)
Tobias Michael Carel Asser was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar. In 1911, he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the establishment of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at th…
Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1913)
1838
John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (died 1865)
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated United States president Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the pro…
John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (died 1865)
1838
Jules Méline, French lawyer and politician, 65th Prime Minister of France (died 1925)
Félix Jules Méline was a French statesman, Prime Minister of France from 1896 to 1898.
Jules Méline, French lawyer and politician, 65th Prime Minister of France (died 1925)
1838
Amaldus Nielsen, Norwegian painter (died 1932)
Amaldus Clarin Nielsen was a Norwegian painter.
Amaldus Nielsen, Norwegian painter (died 1932)
1838
Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (died 1900)
Henry Sidgwick was an English utilitarian philosopher and economist and is best known in philosophy for his utilitarian treatise The Methods of Ethics. His work in economics has al…
Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (died 1900)
1838
Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (died 1900)
Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Russia was a great-granddaughter of Emperor Paul I of Russia and the wife of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, the elder.
Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (died 1900)
1838
Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese Field Marshal and politician, 3rd and 9th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1922)
Prince Yamagata Aritomo was a Japanese statesman and general who twice served as prime minister of Japan, in 1889–1891 and 1898–1900. He was a leading member of the genrō, a group …
Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese Field Marshal and politician, 3rd and 9th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1922)
1838
Frederic Archer, English organist, composer, and conductor (died 1901)
Frederic Archer was a British composer, conductor and organist, born in Oxford. He moved to the US in 1880, where he established the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Frederic Archer, English organist, composer, and conductor (died 1901)
1838
Cushman Kellogg Davis, American lieutenant and politician, 7th Governor of Minnesota (died 1900)
Cushman Kellogg Davis was an American Republican politician who served as the seventh governor of Minnesota and as a U.S. senator from Minnesota.
Cushman Kellogg Davis, American lieutenant and politician, 7th Governor of Minnesota (died 1900)
1838
Jan Matejko, Polish painter (died 1893)
Jan Alojzy Matejko was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works include large scale oi…
Jan Matejko, Polish painter (died 1893)