Famous Personalities Born 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 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 21 On this day in history birth of sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 05 John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire) was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 11 In the year 1840 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 in the year 1840.  

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

Feb 25 Alexis Hollander, composer was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 25 Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories) was born in the year 1840.  

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 John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building was born in the year 1840.  

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

Mar 08 On this day in history birth of franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor  

Mar 11 Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.  

Mar 16 Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 18 William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901) was born in the year 1840.  

Mar 20 Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894) was born in the year 1840.  

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 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 In the year 1840 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 Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1840.  

Mar 22 In the year 1840 death of Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)  

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

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

Apr 19 On this day in history death of jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)