Today in History for July 1839
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Months in 1839: January February March April May June August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 4 of 4
1st - Abdul-Medjid succeeds Mahmud II as Sultan of Turkey
3rd - 1st state normal school in US opens, Lexington, Mass, with 3 students
27th - Chartist riots break out in Birmingham England
30th - Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 8 of 8
8th - John D Rockefeller, Richford New York, US capitalist/founder (Standard Oil), (d. 1937)
9th - Carl Baermann, composer
10th - Adolphus Busch, German-born brewer (d. 1913)
14th - Edward Sydney Smith, composer
16th - Philipus J Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist
17th - Friedrich Gernsheim, composer
17th - Ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916)
25th - Francis Garnier, French explorer (d. 1873)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 5 of 5
1st - Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39), dies at 53
10th - Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61
12th - Christian Traugott Tag, composer, dies at 62
15th - Winthrop Mackworth Praed, politician/poet, dies
29th - Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (b. 1755)
