1839 - What happened in 1839 ?

January 1839

Wednesday 09:

The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.

Saturday 19:

British East India Company captures Aden.

Sunday 20:

In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance.

February 1839

Sunday 24:

William Otis receives a patent for the steam shovel.

March 1839

Saturday 23:

First recorded use of "OK" as an abbreviation for "oll korrect" in the Boston Morning Post.

Tuesday 26:

The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.

April 1839

Friday 19:

The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom.

June 1839

Monday 17:

In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the Edict of Toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is later established as a result.

July 1839

Tuesday 02:

Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship Amistad.

Wednesday 03:

The first state normal school in the United States opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with 3 students.

August 1839

Monday 19:

Presentation of Jacque Daguerre's new photographic process to the French Academy of Sciences.

Friday 23:

The UK captures Hong Kong

Monday 26:

The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.

September 1839

Monday 09:

John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.

November 1839

Monday 11:

The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.

Wednesday 27:

In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.