Famous Birthdays In 1840

Jan 03 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born in the year 1840.

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

Jan 10 Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born in the year 1840.

Jan 18 In the year 1840 birth of austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer

Jan 18 Ernst Rudorff, composer was born on this day in history.

Jan 21 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born on this day in history.

Jan 22 Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) was born in the year 1840.

Jan 23 In the year 1840 birth of ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)

Feb 02 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer was born on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

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 F August Bebel, German social-democrat was born on this day in history.

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

Feb 25 Alexis Hollander, composer was born on this day in history.

Feb 25 In the year 1840 birth of otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories)

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 In the year 1840 birth of john Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building

Mar 05 On this day in history birth of constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)

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 in the year 1840.

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 in the year 1840.

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 On this day in history birth of carli Zoeller, composer

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 in the year 1840.

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

Apr 02 In the year 1840 birth of Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902)

Apr 11 On this day in history birth of john Conrad Nordqvist, composer

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Jan 06 On this day in history death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)

Jan 22 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.

Mar 22 On this day in history death of Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)

Mar 28 In the year 1840 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)