1839 in Germany

Events from the year 1839 in Germany

Incumbents

• Kingdom of Prussia
• Monarch – Frederick William III (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840)
• 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)
• Kingdom of Württemberg – William (1816–1864)

Events

• April 7- The first long-distance railway opened Leipzig-Dresden railway.
• 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.
• April 19- Britain, Prussia, France and the Netherlands agree to the Treaty of London that guaranteed the neutrality of Belgium.

Births

• January 4 - Carl Humann, German archaeologist (d. 1896)
• April 3 – Karl, Freiherr von Prel, German philosopher (d. 1899)
• July 12 - Jean Baptiste Holzmayer, German archaeologist (d. 1890)
• July 17- Friedrich Gernsheim (1839–1916), German composer, conductor and pianist.
• October 2 – Hans Thoma, German painter (died 1924)
• November 20 – Christian Wilberg, German painter (d. 1882)

Deaths

• January 6 – Princess Marie of Orléans, Duchess of Wurtenberg (b. 1813)
• 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)
• September 4 – Hermann Olshausen, German theologian (born 1796)
• September 29 – Friedrich Mohs, German geologist, mineralogist (b. 1773)
• November 18 – Wilhelmine von Wrochem, flutist, singer and actress (b. 1798)

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