...Date... AGE Event
1839/--/-- -1 - American inventor Charles Goodyear develops the vulcanization of rubber.
1839/--/-- -1 - Chile defeats Santa Cruz's Peru-Bolivian Confederation at the Battle of Yungay.
1839/--/-- -1 - Daguerre invents first form of photography
1839/--/-- -1 - French novelist Stendhal writes The Charterhouse of Parma.
1839/--/-- -1 - Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt embarks on a concert tour of Europe.
1839/--/-- -1 - Jose Rafael Carrera captures Guatemala; the Central American Federation is dissolved.
1839/--/-- -1 - Stephens and Catherwood explore Maya ruins in the Yucatan.
1839/--/-- -1 - The Anglo-Afghan Wars begin in Afghanistan.
1839/--/-- -1 - The Opium Wars begin between Britain and China.
1839/--/-- -1 - Theodor Schwann and Matthias Jakob Schleiden formulate the cell theory.
1839/02/16 0 *** Cowan, Margaret P. - Born to Cowan, Thomas A. and Long, Margaret Louise (Cowan)
1840/--/-- 0 - Civil War breaks out in Uruguay between the Colorados (reds) and Blancos (whites).
1840/--/-- 0 - Edgar Allen Poe: "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque"
1840/--/-- 0 - French philosopher and anarchist Pierre Joseph Proudhon writes What is Property.
1840/--/-- 0 - Horatio Greenough's classical statue of George Washington is strongly criticized.
1840/--/-- 0 - Maori chiefs sign over their tribal lands to Queen Victoria in the Treaty of Waitangi.
1840/--/-- 0 - Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg.
1840/--/-- 0 - Swiss-American naturalist Louis Agassiz postulates his theory of ice ages.
1840/--/-- 0 - The Liberty party is founded in Albany, N.Y. based exclusively on an antislavery platform.
1840/--/-- 0 - The Underground Railroad is active in helping escaping slaves in the U.S.
1840/--/-- 0 - The first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black, is issued in London.
1840/--/-- 0 - The metric system of measurement is reinstated in France.
1840/--/-- 0 - Upper and Lower Canada are united in the single Province of Canada.
1840/--/-- 0 - Upper and lower Canada united
1840/12/04 1 *** Cowan, Thomas A. [Father] - Died Clinton County Kentucky prob. Cowan Cem. Bristow Farm clinton co
1841/--/-- 1 *** Pierce, Rebecca (Tabor) [1st cousin once removed] - Born to Pierce, Lewis and Cowan, Rachel (Pierce)
1841/--/-- 1 - Edgar Allan Poe writes an early detective story The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
1841/--/-- 1 - George Grey is appointed governor of South Australia to help save the colony.
1841/--/-- 1 - Harrison is inaugurated as the 9th U.S. president; Tyler becomes vice-president.
1841/--/-- 1 - Horace Greeley founds the New York Tribune newspaper.
1841/--/-- 1 - Italian ballerina Carlotta Grisi creates the role of Giselle.
1841/--/-- 1 - John Tyler (Whig) becomes president of the United States
1841/--/-- 1 - Muhammad Ali defeats the Ottomans and becomes the hereditary ruler of Egypt.
1841/--/-- 1 - New Zealand is established as a separate British colony.
1841/--/-- 1 - President Harrison dies; John Tyler is inaugurated as the 10th U.S. president
1841/--/-- 1 - Whig prime minister Lord Melbourne resigns; he is succeeded by Sir Robert Peel.
1841/--/-- 1 - William Henry Harrison (Whig) becomes president of the United States
1841/--/-- 1 - William Henry Talbot patents the calotype photographic process.
1841/03/17 2 *** Cowan, Margaret P. - Died
In 1839 Transportation was by:
Foot
Horse
Sailing ship
Bicycle
Train
Steamboat
By 1841 Transportation by:
Sailing ship
had been discontinued.
In 1839 Communications was by:
Word of Mouth
Post Office
In 1839 Food Preparation was by:
Wood
In 1839 Entertainment was by:
Social Intercourse
Organized Sports
Travel
Professional Sports
Movies
Radio
Television
Theme parks
Computer
In 1839 Health Care was by:
Operations
Anesthetic
X-Rays
MRI
In 1839 War Making was by:
Calvary
gun
Artillery
Submarine
In 1839 Navigation was by:
Stars & Maps
Compass
from the SFHR database of Duane Bristow 03-13-2021 19:57:58