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Historical Events

Sultan Abdul-Medjid

Jul 1 Abdul-Medjid succeeds Mahmud II as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Mahmud II
  • Jul 2 Slaves aboard a Spanish schooner La Amistad revolt to secure their freedom while being transported from one Cuban port to another
  • Jul 3 1st state normal school in US opens, Lexington, Massachusetts, with 3 students
  • Jul 27 Chartist riots break out in Birmingham, England
Events in 1839

Famous Birthdays

John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937)

Jul 8 American industrialist and founder of Standard Oil, born in Richford, New York

John D. Rockefeller
  • Jul 9 Carl Baermann, German composer, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1913)
  • Jul 10 Adolphus Busch, German-born American brewer (Anheuser-Busch), born in Mainz, Hesse, Germany (d. 1913)
  • Jul 14 (Edward) Sydney Smith, British pianist and composer, born in Dorchester, England (d. 1889)
  • Jul 16 Philippus Jacobus Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1910)
  • Jul 17 Ephraim Shay, American inventor of Shay type of geared steam locomotive, born in Huron, Ohio (d. 1916)
  • Jul 17 Friedrich Gernsheim, German composer, born in Worms, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (now Germany) (d. 1916)
  • Jul 25 Francis Garnier, French explorer, born in Saint-Étienne, France (d. 1873)
Born in 1839

Famous Weddings

William Gladstone

Jul 25 British PM William Gladstone (29) weds Catherine Glynne (27) in England

William Gladstone

Famous Deaths

Mahmud II (1785-1839)

Jul 1 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-39), dies of tuberculosis at 53

Mahmud II
  • Jul 10 Fernando Sor, Spanish classical guitarist, and composer (Twelve Studies), dies at 61
  • Jul 15 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English politician and poet, dies at 36
  • Jul 29 Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (b. 1755)


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