What Happened In March 1839 In History

Historical Events for March, 1839

• 26th » The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1839

• 3rd » Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (d. 1904)
• 9th » Phoebe Knapp, American organist and composer (d. 1908)
• 10th » Dudley Buck, American organist and composer (d. 1909)
• 16th » Sully Prudhomme, French poet, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
• 16th » John Butler Yeats, Irish painter (d. 1922)
• 17th » Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteiner organist and composer (d. 1901)
• 21st » Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer (d. 1881)
• 27th » John Ballance, Irish-New Zealand politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1893)

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