1839 (MDCCCXXXIX)
was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1839th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 839th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1830s decade. As of the start of 1839, the Gregorian calendar was
12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
Undated
Births
Deaths
- April 1 – Benjamin Pierce, U.S. politician (born 1757)
- April 2 – Hezekiah Niles, American editor and publisher (born 1777)
- April 11 – John Galt, Scottish novelist (born 1779)
- May 17 – Archibald Alison, Scottish writer (born 1757)
- August 10 – John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (born 1758)
- August 22 – Benjamin Lundy, American abolitionist (born 1789)
- August 28 – William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (born 1769)
- November 15 – William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (born 1754)
- December 3 – Frederick VI, King of Denmark, ex-King of Norway (born 1768)