Famous Birthdays In 1840

Jan 03 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born in the year 1840.

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 in the year 1840.

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

Jan 18 Ernst Rudorff, composer was born on this day in history.

Jan 21 In the year 1840 birth of sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician

Jan 22 On this day in history 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.

Feb 02 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer was born in the year 1840.

Feb 05 In the year 1840 birth of hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)

Feb 05 In the year 1840 birth of john Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire)

Feb 11 On this day in history birth of sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884

Feb 13 Georg Jacobi, composer was born in the year 1840.

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of f August Bebel, German social-democrat

Feb 23 On this day in history birth of carl Menger, Austrian economist

Feb 25 On this day in history birth of alexis Hollander, composer

Feb 25 Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories) was born in the year 1840.

Feb 28 On this day in history birth of henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)

Feb 29 John Philip Holland, father of modern submarine was born on this day in history.

Feb 29 On this day in history birth of john Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building

Mar 05 On this day in history birth of constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)

Mar 08 Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor was born on this day in history.

Mar 11 Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born in the year 1840.

Mar 16 On this day in history birth of shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931)

Mar 18 In the year 1840 birth of william Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901)

Mar 20 In the year 1840 birth of illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)

Mar 25 Myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876) was born in the year 1840.

Mar 25 On this day in history birth of myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876)

Mar 26 Carli Zoeller, composer was born in the year 1840.

Mar 26 On this day in history birth of george Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script))

Mar 28 Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria) was born in the year 1840.

Mar 31 On this day in history birth of john Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864

Apr 02 In the year 1840 birth of Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902)

Apr 11 John Conrad Nordqvist, composer was born in the year 1840.

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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 on this day in history.

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

Mar 28 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 on this day in history.

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)