1839 in Germany

Decades:	1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s;
See also:	Other events of 1839; History of Germany • Timeline • Years

Events from the year 1839 in Germany

Incumbents

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

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

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

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

^ 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

Van der Kiste, John (2004), George III's Children (revised ed.), Stroud, United Kingdom: Sutton Publishing Ltd, ISBN 978-0-7509-3438-1

[1] Tikkanen, Amy (30 July 2018). "Federick William III". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 2022-09-21.

[FOOTNOTEVan_der_Kiste2004189-2] Van der Kiste 2004, p. 189.

[pbde-1993-3] Die Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn: Das Schienenverkehrsprojekt Deutsche Einheit Nr. 9 (in German). Dresden: Planungsgesellschaft Bahnbau Deutsche Einheit mbH. 1993. (12 page brochure)

[Kup-4] 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]

[5] 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.

[6] "Karl Humann". Britannica.com. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

[7] "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.

[Salumae-8] Salumäe, Õilme. "Jakob Hurda seostest Saaremaaga" (in Estonian). saaremaa.ee. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

[9] Pitt, Lavender. The Musical World at Google Books. 1 August 1874 issue. J. Novello. v.52, p.512.

[:0-10] "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-11] 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.

[12] 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)

[13] 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

[14] The Wartburg Festival, held on October 18, 1817. See The Wartburg Festival (1817), accessed 28 February 2016

[15] "Friedrich Mohs | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.

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