Historical Events In 1840

May 07   In the year 1840 the birth of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer   

May 07   In the year 1840 the birth of Peter Tchaikovsky, Russian composer   

May 07   Tornado strikes Natchez Miss, kills 317 on this day in history.   

May 07   Tornado strikes Natchez MS, kills 317 on this day in history.   

May 08   Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process in the year 1840.   

May 11   In the year 1840 filippo Capocci, composer   

May 13   Alphonse Daudet, writer in the year 1840.   

May 17   Niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1840.   

May 20   York Minster was badly damaged by fire in the year 1840.   

May 21   In the year 1840 new Zealand became a British colony   

May 21   NZ became a British colony in the year 1840.   

May 22   In the year 1840 the transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.   

May 24   On this day in history frederick Walker, painter   

May 27   In the year 1840 niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57   

May 29   On this day in history hans Makart, Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz)   

May 30   Dominique J de Eerens, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Jun 02   The birth of Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet in the year 1840.   

Jun 02   In the year 1840 thomas Hardy, England, poet/novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd)   

Jun 03   Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Morning Twilight) on this day in history.   

Jun 06   In the year 1840 john Stainer, composer   

Jun 07   Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico (1864-67) on this day in history.   

Jun 07   Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia (1797-1840), dies at 69 in the year 1840.   

Jun 10   The birth of Henry Morton Stanley, US journalist and explorer on this day in history.   

Jun 10   In the year 1840 thomas Fentress Toon, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

Jun 11   In the year 1840 henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser   

Jun 12   On this day in history meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands   

Jun 19   In the year 1840 john Cockerill, English/Belgian industrial/orangist, dies at 50   

Jun 20   On this day in history samuel Morse patents his telegraph   

Jun 22   Ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker) in the year 1840.   

Jun 24   Louis Brassin, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 25   On this day in history leopold count of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician, dies at 82   

Jun 29   Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano, dies at 65 in the year 1840.   

Jul 01   In the year 1840 robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer   

Jul 04   In the year 1840 james McGranahan, composer   

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Jan 03   In the year 1840 birth of father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii   

Jan 05   John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Ernst Rudorff, composer was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 21   On this day in history birth of sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician   

Jan 22   Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 23   Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 06   Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) died in the year 1840.   

Jan 22   Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) died in the year 1840.   

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

Mar 12   Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1840.   

Mar 22   In the year 1840 death of Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)   

Mar 28   On this day in history simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89   

Mar 30   George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 19   In the year 1840 death of jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)