Historical Events In 1840

Jan 01   On this day in history 1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC   

Jan 03   1st deep sea sounding on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii in the year 1840.   

Jan 03   In the year 1840 the first deep sea sounding is recorded   

Jan 05   In the year 1840 john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

Jan 05   On this day in history records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date   

Jan 10   Penny Post mail system is starts on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history penny Post mail system started   

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.   

Jan 18   In the year 1840 austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer   

Jan 18   Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1840 antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)   

Jan 19   LT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica on this day in history.   

Jan 20   On this day in history dutch King Willem II crowned   

Jan 21   Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician on this day in history.   

Jan 22   British colonists reach New Zealand in the year 1840.   

Jan 22   The first British colonists arrive at Port Nicholson, New Zealand in the year 1840.   

Jan 23   In the year 1840 ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)   

Feb 01   Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated in the year 1840.   

Feb 01   The first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer in the year 1840.   

Feb 05   In the year 1840 hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)   

Feb 05   The birth of John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1840 waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand   

Feb 06   In the year 1840 waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of NZ   

Feb 10   In the year 1840 british queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg   

Feb 10   In the year 1840 queen Victoria of England marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.   

Feb 11   On this day in history gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris   

Feb 11   In the year 1840 sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884   

Feb 12   On this day in history housatonic Railroad opens   

Feb 13   Georg Jacobi, composer on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii   

Jan 05   In the year 1840 birth of john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)   

Jan 18   Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of ernst Rudorff, composer   

Jan 21   In the year 1840 birth of sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)   

Jan 23   In the year 1840 birth of ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)   

Jan 06   Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) died on this day in history.   

Jan 22   In the year 1840 death of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)   

Mar 02   Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Mar 12   In the year 1840 friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61   

Mar 22   On this day in history death of Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)   

Mar 28   In the year 1840 simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89   

Mar 30   George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies in the year 1840.   

Apr 19   Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died in the year 1840.