Famous Personalities Born In 1840

Jan 03 In the year 1840 birth of father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii  

Jan 05 John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born on this day in history.  

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 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 Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 02 On this day in history birth of louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer  

Feb 05 Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) was born on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history birth of georg Jacobi, composer  

Feb 22 In the year 1840 birth of f August Bebel, German social-democrat  

Feb 23 Carl Menger, Austrian economist was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 25 Alexis Hollander, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 25 Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 28 Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892) was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 29 In the year 1840 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 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 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 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 28 Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 31 John Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born in the year 1840.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 02 Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 28 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 in the year 1840.  

Mar 30 George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies on this day in history.  

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