Famous Birthdays 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 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 In the year 1840 birth of ernst Rudorff, composer

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 in the year 1840.

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 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 In the year 1840 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 On this day in history birth of f August Bebel, German social-democrat

Feb 23 In the year 1840 birth of carl Menger, Austrian economist

Feb 25 In the year 1840 birth of alexis Hollander, composer

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

Feb 28 On this day in history 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 John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building was born on this day in history.

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 in the year 1840.

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 Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894) 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 in the year 1840.

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 26 In the year 1840 birth of carli Zoeller, composer

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

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

Apr 11 On this day in history birth of john Conrad Nordqvist, composer

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Jan 06 In the year 1840 death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)

Jan 22 In the year 1840 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 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 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 on this day in history.

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.