1839 in Germany
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Events from the year 1839 in Germany
Incumbents
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Monarch â Frederick William III (16 November 1797 â 7 June 1840)[1]
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Monarch - Ludwig I (1825â1848)
- Prime Minister â Karl von Abel (1837â1847)
- Kingdom of Saxony
- Frederick Augustus (1836â1854)
- Kingdom of Hanoverâ Ernest Augustus (1837â1851)[2]
- Kingdom of Württemberg â William (1816â1864)
Events
- 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]:â417â
Births
- January 4 - Carl Humann, German archaeologist (d. 1896)[6]
- April 3 â Karl, Freiherr von Prel, German philosopher (d. 1899)[7]
- July 12 - Jean Baptiste Holzmayer, German archaeologist (d. 1890)[8]
- July 17- Friedrich Gernsheim (1839â1916), German composer, conductor and pianist.[9]
- October 2 â Hans Thoma, German painter (died 1924)[10]
- November 20 â Christian Wilberg, German painter (d. 1882)[11]
Deaths
- January 6 â Princess Marie of Orléans, Duchess of Wurtenberg (b. 1813)[12]
- January 12 â Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter of the German Romantic movement (born 1768) March 20 â Caspar Voght, German businessman (b. 1752)
- August 3 â Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist and translator (born 1764)[13]
- September 4 â Hermann Olshausen, German theologian (born 1796)[14]
- September 29 â Friedrich Mohs, German geologist, mineralogist (b. 1773)[15]
- November 18 â Wilhelmine von Wrochem, flutist, singer and actress (b. 1798)[16]