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Historical Events In 1840

Tuesday, 19 March 2024

Jan 01   In the year 1840 1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   On this day in history 1st deep sea sounding  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   The first deep sea sounding is recorded on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1840 records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   On this day in history penny Post mail system is starts  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   In the year 1840 penny Post mail system started  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 13   The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   In the year 1840 austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   On this day in history electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 19   Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim) in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 19   LT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   In the year 1840 dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   Dutch King Willem II crowned on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 21   In the year 1840 sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 22   British colonists reach New Zealand on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 22   The first British colonists arrive at Port Nicholson, New Zealand on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 23   On this day in history ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 01   Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 01   On this day in history the first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 02   Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 05   Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 05   On this day in history the birth of John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 06   Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 06   On this day in history waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of NZ  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 10   In the year 1840 british queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 10   Queen Victoria of England marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 11   On this day in history gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 11   In the year 1840 sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 12   Housatonic Railroad opens in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 13   Georg Jacobi, composer in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1840

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 03   Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1840 birth of john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   In the year 1840 birth of ernst Rudorff, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 21   Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 22   Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 23   In the year 1840 birth of ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1840

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 06   Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) died in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 22   Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 02   Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 12   Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 22   On this day in history death of Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 28   Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 30   In the year 1840 george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 19   Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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