Famous Personalities Born In 1840

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

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

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 in the year 1840.  

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

Jan 21 On this day in history 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 In the year 1840 birth of ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)  

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

Feb 05 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 22 F August Bebel, German social-democrat was born in the year 1840.  

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

Feb 25 Alexis Hollander, composer was born in the year 1840.  

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

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

Mar 11 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 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 26 On this day in history birth of carli Zoeller, composer  

Mar 26 In the year 1840 birth of george Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script))  

Mar 28 In the year 1840 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 On this day in history birth of Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902)  

Apr 11 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)  

Mar 02 In the year 1840 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 on this day in history.  

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 Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died on this day in history.