Famous Personalities Born In 1840

Jan 03 In the year 1840 birth of father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii  

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

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

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

Feb 02 On this day in history birth of louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer  

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

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

Mar 11 In the year 1840 birth of edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

Mar 16 Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931) was born in the year 1840.  

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 In the year 1840 birth of carli Zoeller, composer  

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

Mar 28 On this day in history birth of mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria)  

Mar 31 John Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born in the year 1840.  

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

Mar 22 On this day in history 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 George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 19 Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died in the year 1840.