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 in the year 1840.

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 Ernst Rudorff, composer was born in the year 1840.

Jan 21 In the year 1840 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 In the year 1840 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 John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire) was born on this day in history.

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

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

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

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

Feb 28 Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892) was born in the year 1840.

Feb 29 On this day in history birth of john Philip Holland, father of modern submarine

Feb 29 John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building was born in the year 1840.

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

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 Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894) was born on this day in history.

Mar 25 Myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876) was born on this day in history.

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

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 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 On this day in history birth of Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902)

Apr 11 John Conrad Nordqvist, composer was born in the year 1840.

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Jan 06 Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) died in the year 1840.

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