Historical figures in 1839
The atlas holds 20 people and 27 moments here, in 1839. The most recorded lives are Frédéric Chopin, George Sand and Charles Darwin. Among them Writers, Scientists and Educators.
Notable people
Charles Baudelaire
in 1839
1 moment here
French poet, essayist, translator, and art critic, best known for Les Fleurs du mal. Baudelaire lived chiefly in Paris, spent formative school years…
Charles Darwin
in 1839
2 moments here
English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…
Charles Dickens
in 1839
1 moment here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Charlotte Brontë
in 1839
1 moment here
English novelist, poet, and governess, best known for Jane Eyre. This chronology records documented physical presences from her birth in Thornton…
Frédéric Chopin
in 1839
4 moments here
Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period. Born in Żelazowa Wola, he grew up and trained in Warsaw, travelled through Central…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1839
1 moment here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
George Sand
in 1839
3 moments here
French novelist, memoirist, journalist, and political writer born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin.…
Heinrich Heine
in 1839
1 moment here
German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…
Henry David Thoreau
in 1839
1 moment here
American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher associated with transcendentalism. Thoreau lived chiefly in and around Concord, Massachusetts,…
Imam Shamil
in 1839
1 moment here
Avar imam, political and military leader of the Caucasian Imamate, and principal leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia during the…
John Tyler
in 1839
1 moment here
John Tyler was an American lawyer, Virginia politician, tenth vice president, and tenth president of the United States.…
Louis Pasteur
in 1839
1 moment here
French chemist and microbiologist whose work on molecular asymmetry, fermentation, germ theory, pasteurization, and vaccines transformed modern…
Mark Twain
in 1839
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Muhammad Ali of Egypt
in 1839
1 moment here
Ottoman Albanian military commander and wālī of Egypt from 1805 to 1848. Muhammad Ali consolidated power in Egypt, undertook campaigns in Arabia and…
Otto von Bismarck
in 1839
1 moment here
Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…
Queen Victoria
in 1839
1 moment here
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 1819–1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death, and…
Richard Wagner
in 1839
1 moment here
German composer, conductor, theatre director, and essayist whose movements included early work in German theatre, exile in Switzerland, stays in…
Ulysses S. Grant
in 1839
1 moment here
Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer, Union commander during the Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States.…
Victor Hugo
in 1839
2 moments here
French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…
Walt Whitman
in 1839
1 moment here
American poet, essayist, journalist, and author of Leaves of Grass. Born on Long Island, he lived and worked chiefly in Brooklyn, Manhattan,…
Moments
- 1839 Marries Emma Wedgwood Charles Darwin
- 1839 Paris apartment on Rue Tronchet Frédéric Chopin
- 1839 Visited his brother in Reval Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1839 Concord and Merrimack river voyage Henry David Thoreau
- 1839 Whig National Convention John Tyler
- 1839 Student and tutor at Collège Royal Louis Pasteur
- 1839 Family moves to Hannibal Mark Twain
- 1839 Interview at his Alexandria palace Muhammad Ali of Egypt
- 1839 Returned to manage Schönhausen estate Otto von Bismarck
- 1839 Inspects the Toulon penal colony Victor Hugo
- 1839 Long Island Democrat work Walt Whitman
- 1839 Transit through Barcelona Frédéric Chopin
- 1839 Stay in Marseille after Mallorca George Sand
- 1839 Baccalaureate studies after expulsion Charles Baudelaire
- 1839 Organ performance in Marseille Frédéric Chopin
- 1839 Governess at Stone Gappe Charlotte Brontë
- 1839 First summer at Nohant Frédéric Chopin
- 1839 Return to Nohant with Chopin George Sand
- 1839 Granville stay with Mathilde Heinrich Heine
- 1839 Siege of Akhulgo Imam Shamil
- 1839 Cadet at West Point Ulysses S. Grant
- 1839 Attends British Association in Birmingham Charles Darwin
- 1839 Tours Alsace and the Rhineland Victor Hugo
- 1839 Paris residence in exile Richard Wagner
- 1839 Residence on rue Pigalle George Sand
- 1839 Marriage proposal at Windsor Queen Victoria
- 1839 Moves to Devonshire Terrace Charles Dickens