Timeline July 1839

Events in July 1839 4

• 1785 – 1839 Mahmud II (1785-1839) Died 1 July 1839, aged 53 Mahmud II ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1808 and pursued sweeping military and administrative reforms, including the destruction of the Janissary corps in 1826. He died in Constantinople shortly after learning of his army's catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Nezib. His son Abdulmejid I succeeded him as sultan.
• 1839 Birth of Son Ralph Gordon Third and final child Ada's third and final child, Ralph Gordon, was born in July 1839. With her family now complete, Ada increasingly turned her attention back to advanced mathematics, seeking out tutors capable of taking her studies beyond what was typically offered to women of her era. This period set the stage for her most serious mathematical training under Augustus De Morgan the following year.
• 1839 Amistad slave ship revolt Enslaved Africans seize control of a Spanish schooner Enslaved Africans led by Sengbe Pieh rose up and took control of the schooner La Amistad off the coast of Cuba, killing the captain and the cook. The ship eventually came ashore near Long Island, New York, where the US Navy seized it and the Africans were jailed pending trial. The case became a landmark in the American abolitionist movement.
• 1839 British forces capture Ghazni and Kabul First Anglo-Afghan War reaches its climax An East India Company army stormed the fortress of Ghazni and went on to occupy Kabul, driving out Dost Mohammad Khan. The British installed Shah Shuja Durrani as a client ruler of Afghanistan. The occupation provoked growing resistance that would end in disaster for the British three years later.