Famous Birthdays In 1840

Jan 03 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born in the year 1840.

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

Jan 10 In the year 1840 birth of louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)

Jan 18 In the year 1840 birth of austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer

Jan 18 Ernst Rudorff, composer was born on this day in history.

Jan 21 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born in the year 1840.

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 on this day in history.

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

Feb 05 In the year 1840 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 Georg Jacobi, composer was born in the year 1840.

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of f August Bebel, German social-democrat

Feb 23 Carl Menger, Austrian economist was born on this day in history.

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

Feb 25 In the year 1840 birth of otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories)

Feb 28 Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892) was born on this day in history.

Feb 29 In the year 1840 birth of john Philip Holland, father of modern submarine

Feb 29 In the year 1840 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 Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.

Mar 18 On this day in history 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 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 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 On this day in history birth of carli Zoeller, composer

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

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 Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902) was born in the year 1840.

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

Mar 12 Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1840.

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 In the year 1840 death of jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)