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 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 Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer was born on this day in history.  

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 Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) was born on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history 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 in the year 1840.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 28 Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892) was born in the year 1840.  

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 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 in the year 1840.  

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 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 Myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876) was born in the year 1840.  

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

Mar 26 George Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script)) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 28 In the year 1840 birth of mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria)  

Mar 31 On this day in history 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 John Conrad Nordqvist, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 22 Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) died on this day in history.  

Mar 02 On this day in history heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81  

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

Mar 22 Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798) died in the year 1840.  

Mar 28 On this day in history 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.