1839 in Germany

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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]

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]

Friedrich Mohs

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
Eric Van Hooydonk (2006). "Chapter 15". In Aldo E. Chircop; O. Lindén (eds.). Places of Refuge: The Belgian Experience. p. 417. ISBN 9789004149526. Retrieved 30 May 2012. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
"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

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[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

[5] Eric Van Hooydonk (2006). "Chapter 15". In Aldo E. Chircop; O. Lindén (eds.). Places of Refuge: The Belgian Experience. p. 417. ISBN 9789004149526. Retrieved 30 May 2012. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[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.