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

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

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

Jan 22 Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) was born on this day in history.

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

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

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 On this day in history birth of f August Bebel, German social-democrat

Feb 23 In the year 1840 birth of carl Menger, Austrian economist

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

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 John Philip Holland, father of modern submarine was born on this day in history.

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

Mar 05 Constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights) was born in the year 1840.

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

Mar 11 On this day in history birth of edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863

Mar 16 In the year 1840 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 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 in the year 1840.

Mar 26 Carli Zoeller, composer was born on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

Mar 31 On this day in history birth of john Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864

Apr 02 Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902) was born on this day in history.

Apr 11 On this day in history 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 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 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 In the year 1840 death of jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)