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1839
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1839
Events
January–March
January – The first
parallax
measurement of the distance to
Alpha Centauri
is published by
Thomas Henderson
.
January 2
– First photograph of the Moon taken by photographer
Louis Daguerre
.
January 6
–
Night of the Big Wind
: Ireland is struck by the most damaging
cyclone
in 300 years.
January 9
– The
French Academy of Sciences
announces the
daguerreotype
photography
process.
January 19
– The
British East India Company
captures
Aden
.
January 20
–
Battle of Yungay
:
Chile
defeats the
Peru–Bolivian Confederation
, leading to the restoration of an independent
Peru
.
January 29
– English naturalist
Charles Darwin
marries his cousin
Emma Wedgwood
.
February 11
– The
University of Missouri
is established, becoming the first public university west of the
Mississippi River
.
February 24
–
William Otis
receives a
patent
for the
steam shovel
.
March 5
–
Longwood University
is founded in
Farmville, Virginia
.
March 7
–
Baltimore City College
, the third public high school in the United States, is established in
Baltimore
,
Maryland
.
March 9
– The
Anti-Corn Law League
is founded in
Manchester
, England.
March 23
– The
Boston Morning Post
first records the use of "OK" (
oll korrect
).
March 26
– The first
Henley Royal Regatta
is held on the
River Thames
in England.
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