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 In the year 1840 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 in the year 1840.

Jan 18 On this day in history birth of austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer

Jan 18 On this day in history birth of ernst Rudorff, composer

Jan 21 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born on this day in history.

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)

Jan 23 Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) was born in the year 1840.

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 Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884 was born in the year 1840.

Feb 13 In the year 1840 birth of georg Jacobi, composer

Feb 22 F August Bebel, German social-democrat was born on this day in history.

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 On this day in history birth of otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories)

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

Feb 29 John Philip Holland, father of modern submarine was born in the year 1840.

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 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 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 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 Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria) was born in the year 1840.

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 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 On this day in history heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81

Mar 12 In the year 1840 friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61

Mar 22 Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798) died on this day in history.

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

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.