WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO AUGUST 1839
Find out what all happened July to August 1839

The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for war with Qing China. The ensuing 3-year conflict will later be known as the First Opium War. (23. August 1839)

Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué take over the slave ship Amistad. (2. July 1839)

The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world". (19. August 1839)

The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State College, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with 3 students. (3. July 1839)

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