Famous Personalities Born In 1840
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Jan 03 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born in the year 1840.
Jan 05 In the year 1840 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 in the year 1840.
Jan 21 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born in the year 1840.
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 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer was born in the year 1840.
Feb 05 On this day in history birth of hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)
Feb 05 In the year 1840 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 On this day in history birth of georg Jacobi, composer
Feb 22 F August Bebel, German social-democrat was born in the year 1840.
Feb 23 In the year 1840 birth of carl Menger, Austrian economist
Feb 25 On this day in history birth of alexis Hollander, composer
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 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 Constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights) was born in the year 1840.
Mar 08 Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor was born on this day in history.
Mar 11 Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.
Mar 16 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)
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 Carli Zoeller, composer was born on this day in history.
Mar 26 On this day in history birth of george Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script))
Mar 28 In the year 1840 birth of mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria)
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 John Conrad Nordqvist, composer was born on this day in history.
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