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   On this day in history first Hawaiian constitution proclaimed  

Oct 12   Helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history the birth of Auguste Rodin, French sculptor  

Nov 14   Claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies) on this day in history.  

Nov 14   The birth of Claude Monet, French painter in the year 1840.  

Nov 15   Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27] in the year 1840.  

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

Nov 21   Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia on this day in history.  

Nov 24   In the year 1840 cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82  

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

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

Dec 02   On this day in history gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris  

Dec 02   In the year 1840 the opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)  

Dec 07   Hermann Goetz, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 11   Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872) in the year 1840.  

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

Dec 21   On this day in history mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)  

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Jan 03   Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1840 birth of john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896  

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)  

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

Jan 18   In the year 1840 birth of ernst Rudorff, composer  

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

Jan 22   In the year 1840 birth of ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)  

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

Mar 02   In the year 1840 heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81  

Mar 12   Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Mar 22   Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798) died in the year 1840.  

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 on this day in history.