Famous Birthdays In 1840

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

Jan 05 John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born on this day in history.

Jan 10 Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born in the year 1840.

Jan 18 Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer was born in the year 1840.

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

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

Jan 22 In the year 1840 birth of ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)

Jan 23 On this day in history birth of ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)

Feb 02 In the year 1840 birth of louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer

Feb 05 Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) was born in the year 1840.

Feb 05 On this day in history birth of john Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire)

Feb 11 Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884 was born on this day in history.

Feb 13 On this day in history 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 Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories) was born on this day in history.

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

Feb 29 On this day in history birth of john Philip Holland, father of modern submarine

Feb 29 On this day in history birth of john Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building

Mar 05 In the year 1840 birth of constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)

Mar 08 In the year 1840 birth of franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor

Mar 11 Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born in the year 1840.

Mar 16 On this day in history birth of shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931)

Mar 18 In the year 1840 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 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 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 In the year 1840 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 In the year 1840 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 In the year 1840 birth of john Conrad Nordqvist, composer

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Jan 06 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.

Mar 12 Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.

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

Mar 28 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 on this day in history.

Mar 30 In the year 1840 george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies

Apr 19 Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died on this day in history.