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What Happened in November 1839

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Historical Events

  • Nov 3 First Opium War - 2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks
  • Nov 3 Palace of Gulhane Turkey, freedom of religion proclaimed
  • Nov 4 The Newport Rising is the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain
  • Nov 11 The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
  • Nov 13 1st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY

Bulls Finally Spared 700 Years of Cruelty

Nov 13 Last bull run in Britain as the Stamford bull run ends after 700 years

The bridge at Stamford from which bulls were heaved into the river
  • Nov 16 US diplomat John Lloyd Stephens and British artist Frederick Catherwood first reach the ruins of the Maya city of Copan (modern Honduras)

Oberto

Nov 17 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio" premieres at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan

Composer Giuseppe Verdi
  • Nov 25 Cyclone slams south eastern India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying city of Coringa. Storm waves sweep inland, destroying 20,000 ships and killing an estimated 300,000 people.
  • Nov 27 American Statistical Association organizes in Boston
Events in 1839

Famous Birthdays

  • Nov 7 Henry Holmes, English violinist and composer, born in London (d. 1905)
  • Nov 12 Frank Furness, American architect (University of Pennsylvania Library; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1912) [1]
  • Nov 16 Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian poet, born in Lévis, Canada (d. 1908)
  • Nov 18 August Kundt, German physicist (sound vibration, test of Kundt), born in Schwerin, Mecklenburg, Germany (d. 1894)
  • Nov 20 Christian Wilberg, German painter, born in Havelberg, Germany (d. 1882)
  • Nov 25 Stanisław Duniecki, Polish composer, born in Lviv, Ukraine (d. 1870)
  • Nov 29 Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright (Der Schandfleck), born in Vienna (d. 1889)
Born in 1839

Famous Deaths

  • Nov 6 Hayim Rapoport, Rabbi of Ostrowiec and author (Maxim Chayyim), dies


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