What Happened In September 1839 In History

Historical Events for September, 1839

• 5th » The United Kingdom declares First Opium War e.g war on the Qing dynasty of China.
• 9th » John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.

Famous Birthdays on September in 1839

• 2nd » Henry George, American economist and author (d. 1897)
• 9th » Devil Anse Hatfield, American Guerrilla warfare called guerrilla leader (d. 1921)
• 10th » Isaac K. Funk, American minister and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (d. 1912)
• 10th » Charles Sanders Peirce, American mathematician, scientist, and philosopher (d. 1914)
• 25th » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist and geologist (d. 1904)

Famous Deaths for September 1839

• 1st » Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)
• 20th » Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1769)

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