1839

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s - 1830s - 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s

Years: 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 - 1839 - 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844

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Events

• January 9 - The French Academy of Science[?] announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
• January 19 - British East India Company captures Aden
• January 20 - In the Battle of Yungay[?], Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance.
• February 24 - William Otis receives a patent for the steam shovel[?].
• March 23 - First recorded use of "OK" oll korrect (Boston Morning Post[?]).
• March 26 - The first Henley Royal Regatta[?] is held
• Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mahmud II (1808-1839) to Abd-ul-Mejid (1839-1861)

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

• 1839 in literature:

Births

• January 19 - Paul Cézanne, painter (+ 1906)
• February 11 - Josiah Willard Gibbs[?] theoretical physicist/chemist.
• February 22 - Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (+ 1906)
• March 21 - Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer
• July 8 - John Davison Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist.

Deaths

• May 17 - Archibald Alison, Scottish author
• August 28 - William Smith, geologist/cartographer.

Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)

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and found her ladies there ready clothed. Jesu mercy, sleep thus long? And right therewithal he opened the she lay, and all the sheet and pillow was bebled with the Meliagrance espied that blood, then he deemed in her wounded knights had lain by her all that night. Ah, false traitress unto my lord Arthur; for now I prove well within the bounds of your chamber; therefore I will now I have proved you, madam, with a shameful deed; good, for a wounded knight this night hath lain by you. unto them all. Then when the ten knights heard Sir to Sir Meliagrance: Thou sayest falsely, and wrongfully any of us; choose which thou list of us when we are whole with your proud language, for here ye may all see, said knight hath lain. Then were they all ashamed when they passing glad that he had the queen at such an advantage, rumour came in Sir Launcelot, and found them all at a against Sir Meliagrance; and how Sir Launcelot was WHAT array is this? said Sir Launcelot. Then Sir Meliagrance the queen's bed. Truly, said Sir Launcelot, ye did not was drawn, and she lying therein; for I dare say my lord being within her bed, unless that it had pleased him to unworshipfully and shamefully to yourself. I wot not .