Chronology of events in the history of photography in the Czech lands till 1918.

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Events of the year

1839

• 01. The first news of the daguerreotype in Bohemia
• 02. The first information about the daguerreotype in the Czech language
• 03. The first detailed information about the daguerreotype
• 04. Andreas von Ettingshausen in Paris
• 05. Daguerre`s present to Metternich
• 06. The first manual of how to make a daguerreotype
• 07. Appear advertisements about the sale of manuals for daguerreotype
• 08. First exhibition of daguerreotypes
• 09. Exhibition Daguerres daguerreotype in Prague
• 10. Successful daguerreotypes in Brno
• 11. Experiments with daguerreotypes in Prague
• 12. Detailed description of making daguerreotypes
• 13. Brünner Zeitung about daguerreotype
• J. E. Purkyně a kinesiskop