Famous Birthdays In 1840

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896  

Jan 10 Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 18 On this day in history 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 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 John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire) was born in the year 1840.  

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

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

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

Feb 25 Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories) was born in the year 1840.  

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

Feb 29 In the year 1840 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 in the year 1840.  

Mar 08 Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor was born in the year 1840.  

Mar 11 Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.  

Mar 16 In the year 1840 birth of shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931)  

Mar 18 William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 31 On this day in history birth of john Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

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

Jan 22 On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)  

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 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 on this day in history.