1839 in Germany
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Events from the year 1839 in Germany
Incumbents[edit]
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840)[1]
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Monarch - Ludwig I (1825–1848)
- Prime Minister – Karl von Abel (1837–1847)
- Kingdom of Saxony
- Frederick Augustus (1836–1854)
- Kingdom of Hanover– Ernest Augustus (1837–1851)[2]
- Kingdom of Württemberg – William (1816–1864)
Events[edit]
- April 7- The first long-distance railway opened Leipzig-Dresden railway.[3]
- April 19- The Duchy of Limburg created in 1839 from parts of the Dutch Province of Limburg as a result of the Treaty of London and part of German Confederation.[4]
- April 19- Britain, Prussia, France and the Netherlands agree to the Treaty of London that guaranteed the neutrality of Belgium.[5]: 417
Births[edit]
- January 4 - Carl Humann, German archaeologist (d. 1896)[6]
- April 3 – Karl, Freiherr von Prel, German philosopher (d. 1899)[7]
- July 12 - Jean Baptiste Holzmayer, German archaeologist (d. 1890)[8]
- July 17- Friedrich Gernsheim (1839–1916), German composer, conductor and pianist.[9]
- October 2 – Hans Thoma, German painter (died 1924)[10]
- November 20 – Christian Wilberg, German painter (d. 1882)[11]
Deaths[edit]
- January 6 -Princess Marie of Orléans, Duchess of Wurtenberg (b. 1813)[12]
- January 12 – Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter of the German Romantic movement (born 1768) March 20 – Caspar Voght, German businessman (b. 1752)
- August 3 – Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist and translator (born 1764)[13]
- September 4 – Hermann Olshausen, German theologian (born 1796)[14]
- September 29 – Friedrich Mohs, German geologist, mineralogist (b. 1773)[15]
References[edit]
- ^ Tikkanen, Amy (30 July 2018). "Federick William III". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
- ^ Van der Kiste 2004, p. 189.
- ^ Die Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn: Das Schienenverkehrsprojekt Deutsche Einheit Nr. 9 (in German). Dresden: Planungsgesellschaft Bahnbau Deutsche Einheit mbH. 1993. (12 page brochure)
- ^ Jean-Louis Kupper (2007) Les origines du duché de Limbourg-sur-Vesdre", Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire Année 85-3-4 pp. 609-637 [1]
- ^ Eric Van Hooydonk (2006). "Places of Refuge: The Belgian Experience". In Aldo E. Chircop; O. Lindén (eds.). Places of Refuge for Ships: Emerging Environmental Concerns of a Maritime Custom. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff. pp. 415–428. ISBN 9789004149526. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ^ "Karl Humann". Britannica.com. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Josephson, Jason Ānanda. "Specters of Reason: Kantian Things and the Fragile Terrors of Philosophy" J19, Volume 3, Number1, Spring 2015, pp. 204–211". www.academia.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ Salumäe, Õilme. "Jakob Hurda seostest Saaremaaga" (in Estonian). saaremaa.ee. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ Pitt, Lavender. The Musical World at Google Books. 1 August 1874 issue. J. Novello. v.52, p.512.
- ^ "Thoma, Hans". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 31 October 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00181989. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ Ebe, G. (2008). Der Deutsche Cicerone: Führer durch die Künstschätze der Länder Deutscher Zunge (in German). BiblioBazaar. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-554-46498-5.
- ^ Dyson, C. C: The life of Marie Amélie last queen of the French, 1782-1866. With some account of the principal personages at the courts of Naples and France in her time, and of the careers of her sons and daughters (1910)
- ^ In older literature and on her gravestone one finds the date 1763, but this is the birthyear of her elder sister Sara (May 23, 1763 – April 15, 1764) whose death was one of the reasons Moses Mendelssohn wrote the Phaedon. Cf. Alexander Altmann, Moses Mendelssohn, London 1973, Moses Mendelssohn, Jubilaeumsausgabe, Bd. 12,1, p. 43; letter to Thomas Abbt, May 1, 1764
- ^ The Wartburg Festival, held on October 18, 1817. See The Wartburg Festival (1817), accessed 28 February 2016
- ^ "Friedrich Mohs | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
Bibliography[edit]
Van der Kiste, John (2004), George III's Children (revised ed.), Stroud, United Kingdom: Sutton Publishing Ltd, ISBN 978-0-7509-3438-1