Famous Birthdays In 1840

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

Jan 05 John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born in the year 1840.

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

Jan 18 In the year 1840 birth of austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer

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

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

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

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

Feb 02 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer was born on this day in history.

Feb 05 Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) was born in the year 1840.

Feb 05 On this day in history birth of john Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire)

Feb 11 Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884 was born in the year 1840.

Feb 13 Georg Jacobi, composer was born on this day in history.

Feb 22 F August Bebel, German social-democrat was born on this day in history.

Feb 23 In the year 1840 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 on this day in history.

Feb 28 In the year 1840 birth of henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)

Feb 29 On this day in history birth of john Philip Holland, father of modern submarine

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

Mar 05 Constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights) was born on this day in history.

Mar 08 On this day in history birth of franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor

Mar 11 In the year 1840 birth of edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863

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

Mar 18 William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901) was born in the year 1840.

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

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

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

Mar 26 George Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script)) was born in the year 1840.

Mar 28 On this day in history birth of mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria)

Mar 31 In the year 1840 birth of john Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864

Apr 02 Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902) was born on this day in history.

Apr 11 In the year 1840 birth of john Conrad Nordqvist, composer

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

Mar 22 On this day in history death of Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)

Mar 28 In the year 1840 simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89

Mar 30 On this day in history george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies

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