Famous Birthdays In 1840

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896

Jan 10 Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.

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

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 Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) was born in the year 1840.

Jan 23 Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) was born on this day in history.

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

Feb 05 In the year 1840 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 Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884 was born in the year 1840.

Feb 13 Georg Jacobi, composer was born in the year 1840.

Feb 22 In the year 1840 birth of f August Bebel, German social-democrat

Feb 23 Carl Menger, Austrian economist was born in the year 1840.

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

Feb 29 In the year 1840 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 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 in the year 1840.

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 on this day in history.

Mar 20 On this day in history birth of illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)

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 in the year 1840.

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

Mar 28 Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria) was born on this day in history.

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

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

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 On this day in history heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81

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 In the year 1840 death of jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)