Historical Events In 1840
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Jul 04 On this day in history the Cunard Line's 700 ton wooden paddle steamer RMS Britannia departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the first transatlantic crossing with a scheduled end.
Jul 06 Christian Hebbel's "Judith," premieres in Berlin in the year 1840.
Jul 12 On this day in history abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist
Jul 15 In the year 1840 england, Russia, Austria & Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance
Jul 22 Josef Jawurek, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1840.
Jul 23 Frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.
Jul 23 In the year 1840 union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada
Jul 25 On this day in history flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution
Jul 27 Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.
Aug 01 In the year 1840 aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer
Aug 01 On this day in history labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.
Aug 10 The 'Star of the East' first known balloon to fly in Canada on this day in history.
Aug 13 Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros) on this day in history.
Aug 14 In the year 1840 baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist
Aug 17 In the year 1840 wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League)
Aug 18 Antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73 in the year 1840.
Aug 18 Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (NY) on this day in history.
Aug 24 In the year 1840 joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89
Aug 25 In the year 1840 k L Immermann, writer, dies at 44
Aug 27 William Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office on this day in history.
Aug 28 In the year 1840 9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails
Aug 28 Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns) on this day in history.
Sep 03 On this day in history jacob Fabricius, composer
Sep 08 On this day in history john H van de Palm, theologist/literature/speaker, dies at 77
Sep 09 Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer on this day in history.
Sep 12 On this day in history composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck
Sep 14 George Elbridge Whiting, composer on this day in history.
Sep 15 In the year 1840 franz Xaver Pechacek, composer, dies at 47
Sep 21 On this day in history murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876)
Sep 25 On this day in history jacques-Etienne-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duc de Tarente, soldier
Sep 27 In the year 1840 alfred Thayer Mahan, US, naval officer (Influence of Sea Power)
Sep 28 On this day in history alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army)
Sep 30 Johan Severin Svendsen, composer in the year 1840.
Oct 04 In the year 1840 charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer
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