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| 1839 |
| | | Abd-el-Kader proclaims a holy war against the French in Algeria and begins a military campaign that will last for eight years | |
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| 1839 |
| | | Joseph Smith and the Mormons create the thriving town of Nauvoo in Illinois on the Mississippi | |
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| 1839 |
| | | Andries Pretorius sets up the Boer republic of Natalia, with its capital at Pietermaritzburg | |
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| 1839 |
| | | Lord Durham produces his Report on the Affairs of British North America, proposing reforms in the administration of Canada | |
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| 1839 |
| | | British troops invade China after the Chinese authorities seize and destroy the opium stocks of British merchants in Canton | |
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| 1839 |
| | | Polish composer Frédéric Chopin completes his Preludes under difficult conditions in Majorca | |
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| 1839 |
| | | In the Bedchamber Crisis, Queen Victoria shows steely determination in refusing to dismiss politically committed ladies of her bedchamber | |
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| 1839 |
| | | British forces capture Hong Kong, which is subsequently ceded to Britain by China at the end of the first Opium War in 1842 | |
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| 1839 |
| | | The French painter Gustave Courbet moves from his native town of Ornans to Paris | |
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| 1840 |
| | | With Boer help, Mpande removes his brother Dingaan from the Zulu throne and takes his place | |
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