Historical Events In 1840
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Jan 01 In the year 1840 1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC
Jan 03 On this day in history 1st deep sea sounding
Jan 03 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii on this day in history.
Jan 03 The first deep sea sounding is recorded on this day in history.
Jan 05 On this day in history john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
Jan 05 In the year 1840 records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date
Jan 10 On this day in history penny Post mail system is starts
Jan 10 In the year 1840 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 in the year 1840.
Jan 18 On this day in history electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears
Jan 19 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim) in the year 1840.
Jan 19 LT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast on this day in history.
Jan 20 In the year 1840 dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica
Jan 20 Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica in the year 1840.
Jan 20 Dutch King Willem II crowned on this day in history.
Jan 21 In the year 1840 sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician
Jan 22 British colonists reach New Zealand on this day in history.
Jan 22 The first British colonists arrive at Port Nicholson, New Zealand on this day in history.
Jan 23 On this day in history 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 On this day in history the first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD.
Feb 02 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer in the year 1840.
Feb 05 Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) in the year 1840.
Feb 05 On this day in history the birth of John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire
Feb 06 Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand in the year 1840.
Feb 06 On this day in history 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 Queen Victoria of England marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha on this day in history.
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 Housatonic Railroad opens in the year 1840.
Feb 13 Georg Jacobi, composer in the year 1840.
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