1839

Year 1839 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * - The announces the   process.
 * - captures
 * - In the, defeats a vian and n alliance.
 * - The is established, becoming the first public university west of the.
 * - receives a  for the.
 * - founded,,.
 * -, the third public high school in the United States, is established in ,.
 * - First recorded use of "OK" ().
 * - The first is held
 * - British naturalist marries his cousin.

April - June

 * - Sultan Mahmud II of Turkey declares war on Mehemet Ali of Egypt in revenge.
 * - The world's first commercial electric line comes into operation alongside the  line from  to.
 * - The establishes  as a.
 * - receives patent for his camera (commercially available by September with the prize of 400 Francs)

July - September

 * Slave rebellion of
 * Change of of the  from  (-1839) to  (1839-).
 * - British forces capture the fortress city of, in the  during the
 * - The fraternity was founded in
 * - French government gives a pension and gives the  "for the whole world"
 * - British forces seized as a base, as it prepared to wage war against .  The ensuing 3-year conflict would become known as the.
 * - British forces seized as a base, as it prepared to wage war against .  The ensuing 3-year conflict would become known as the.

October - December

 * - In the Kingdom of the  a railway between  and  (7.4km length) is inaugurated by H.M. the King  of . It is the first railway in the Italian peninsula.
 * – The was the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
 * - The is founded in Lexington,.
 * - 's first opera,  opens in.
 * - A disastrous slams  with terrible winds and a giant 40 foot, wiping out the port city of . 300,000 people die.
 * - In, the is founded

Undated

 * In the United States, the first state law permitting women to own property is passed in.
 * The first measurement of the distance to  is published by.
 * publishes "Experimental Researches in Electricity" clarifying the true nature of.
 * Excavation on begins.
 * Half of the province of  was added to the, since 1839 there is a  and.
 * declares a against the.
 * in Alexandria, Virginia is founded.

Ongoing events

 * (1839-)

January - June

 * -, French painter (d. )
 * - American physicist and chemist (d. )
 * -, American editor and publisher (d. )
 * -, American hymn writer (d. )
 * -, Northern Irish artist (d. )
 * -, Russian composer (d. )
 * -, Russian explorer (d. )
 * -, Brazilian president (d.)
 * -,  prosecuted for  practices in the  (d. )
 * -, Brazilian author (d.)

July - December

 * -, American industrialist and philanthropist (d. )
 * -, inventor of the (d. )
 * -, German painter (d. )
 * -, American cavalry officer (d. )
 * -, mother of author (d. , )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, Swedish poet (b. )
 * -, U.S. politician (b. )
 * -, American editor and publisher (b. )
 * -, Scottish novelist (b. )
 * -, Russian general and poet (b. )
 * -, Scottish author (b. )

July - December

 * -, British fossil collector (b. )
 * -, American abolitionist (b. )
 * -, English geologist and cartographer (b. )
 * October -, British Army colonel and the first Surveyor-General of (b. )
 * -, Scottish inventor (b. )
 * -, King of Denmark, ex-King of Norway (b. )
 * -, court councillor and minister to Alexander I (b. )


 * See also .