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Historical Events In 1840

Tuesday, 19 March 2024

Feb 16   American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 22   In the year 1840 f August Bebel, German social-democrat  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 23   Carl Menger, Austrian economist in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 25   On this day in history alexis Hollander, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 29   John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 01   Adolphe Thiers becomes prime minister of France on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 02   On this day in history heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 05   On this day in history constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 07   Tornado strikes Natchez MS, kills 317 in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 08   Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 11   On this day in history edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 12   In the year 1840 friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 14   In the year 1840 josé Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey", premieres in Madrid  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 14   Jose Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey," premieres in Madrid in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 23   On this day in history draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 26   Carli Zoeller, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 28   On this day in history mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 28   Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 30   On this day in history george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 31   John Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 02   The birth of Emile Zola, French author on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 11   On this day in history john Conrad Nordqvist, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 12   In the year 1840 edmond Audran, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 19   Andrea Bezzola, writer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 21   Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 25   James Dearing, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865 in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 27   Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 27   On this day in history foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 01   1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 01   The first adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 06   In the year 1840 1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 06   On this day in history the first postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) (try and buy it now!)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 07   Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk Rus, composer (1812 Overture) [NS] 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   John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born on this day in history.  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   In the year 1840 birth of austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer  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   On this day in history birth of sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician  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   Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1840

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 06   In the year 1840 death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 22   In the year 1840 death of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 02   In the year 1840 heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81  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   Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 28   On this day in history simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 30   George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies in the year 1840.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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


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