Famous Birthdays In 1840

Aug 28 On this day in history birth of alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant (d. 1900)

Aug 28 Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns) was born in the year 1840.

Sep 03 Jacob Fabricius, composer was born on this day in history.

Sep 09 On this day in history birth of gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer

Sep 14 In the year 1840 birth of george Elbridge Whiting, composer

Sep 21 Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876) was born in the year 1840.

Sep 26 On this day in history birth of louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician (d. 1923)

Sep 27 In the year 1840 birth of alfred Thayer Mahan, US, naval officer (Influence of Sea Power)

Sep 27 Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America was born in the year 1840.

Sep 28 On this day in history birth of alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army)

Sep 28 On this day in history birth of rudolf Baumbach, Thuringia [Germany], writer of student drinking songs

Sep 30 Johan Severin Svendsen, composer was born in the year 1840.

Oct 04 Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer was born in the year 1840.

Oct 05 Fran Gerbic, composer was born in the year 1840.

Oct 05 In the year 1840 birth of john Addington Symonds, Brit historian/writer (Probs in Greek Ethics)

Oct 09 On this day in history birth of simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905)

Oct 12 In the year 1840 birth of helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian

Oct 15 Honoré Mercier, politician and premier of Quebec (d. 1894) was born on this day in history.

Oct 16 Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900) was born in the year 1840.

Oct 30 In the year 1840 birth of carlotta Patti, Italian soprano

Oct 30 In the year 1840 birth of william G Sumner, US sociologist/political analyst

Nov 09 Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1898) was born in the year 1840.

Nov 12 In the year 1840 birth of auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker)

Nov 14 On this day in history birth of claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies)

Nov 15 In the year 1840 birth of aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27]

Nov 16 Frederick Scotson Clark, composer was born in the year 1840.

Nov 21 On this day in history birth of victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia

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

Nov 27 In the year 1840 birth of aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [OS=11/15]

Nov 30 In the year 1840 birth of henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928)

Dec 04 On this day in history birth of crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (d. 1877)

Dec 07 In the year 1840 birth of hermann Goetz, composer

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

Dec 17 Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer was born in the year 1840.

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Jan 06 Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) died on this day in history.

Jan 22 Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) died on this day in history.

Mar 02 Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 in the year 1840.

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

Mar 22 In the year 1840 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.