Historical Events In 1840

Oct 05   Fran Gerbic, composer in the year 1840.   

Oct 07   Willem I resigns as king of Netherlands on this day in history.   

Oct 08   In the year 1840 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

Oct 08   In the year 1840 first Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

Oct 12   Helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian in the year 1840.   

Oct 14   Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta on this day in history.   

Oct 30   Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano in the year 1840.   

Nov 12   On this day in history auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker)   

Nov 12   The birth of Auguste Rodin, French sculptor on this day in history.   

Nov 14   In the year 1840 claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies)   

Nov 14   On this day in history the birth of Claude Monet, French painter   

Nov 15   Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27] on this day in history.   

Nov 16   Frederick Scotson Clark, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 21   Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia in the year 1840.   

Nov 24   Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82 in the year 1840.   

Nov 25   Hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement) on this day in history.   

Nov 27   On this day in history aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [OS=11/15]   

Dec 01   Plague in Dalmatia in the year 1840.   

Dec 01   On this day in history smallpox in South Africa   

Dec 02   In the year 1840 gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris   

Dec 02   On this day in history the opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)   

Dec 07   On this day in history hermann Goetz, composer   

Dec 11   In the year 1840 kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872)   

Dec 17   On this day in history christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer   

Dec 21   Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) 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   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 in the year 1840.   

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

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

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

Jan 23   On this day in history birth of ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)   

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

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

Mar 02   On this day in history heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81   

Mar 12   On this day in history friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61   

Mar 22   On this day in history 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   In the year 1840 george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies   

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