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==Other Events of 1839==
==Other Events of 1839==
*[[Jirokichi]] and six other castaways are rescued by an American ship after six months at sea and brought to Honolulu. Though perhaps not the first Japanese to ever travel to [[Hawaii]], this represents the earliest documented instance of which historians today are aware.
*Louis Daguerre invents the ''daguerrotype'' in Paris.
*Louis Daguerre invents the ''daguerrotype'' in Paris.
*Sir John Frederick William Herschel coins the word "[[photography]]."
*Sir John Frederick William Herschel coins the word "[[photography]]."