Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1840

Apr 12 Edmond Audran, composer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 19 On this day in history birth of andrea Bezzola, writer  

Apr 21 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis) was born in the year 1840.  

Apr 22 On this day in history birth of odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916)  

Apr 25 In the year 1840 birth of james Dearing, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865  

Apr 25 In the year 1840 birth of peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (1812 Overture) (5/7 NS)  

Apr 27 Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) was born in the year 1840.  

May 07 Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk Rus, composer (1812 Overture) [NS] was born on this day in history.  

May 10 In the year 1840 birth of hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868)  

May 11 In the year 1840 birth of filippo Capocci, composer  

May 13 In the year 1840 birth of alphonse Daudet, writer  

May 13 L-M Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin of Tarascon) was born in the year 1840.  

May 24 In the year 1840 birth of frederick Walker, painter  

May 29 Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz) was born in the year 1840.  

Jun 02 On this day in history birth of thomas Hardy, England, poet/novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd)  

Jun 03 Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Morning Twilight) was born in the year 1840.  

Jun 06 John Stainer, composer was born in the year 1840.  

Jun 06 In the year 1840 birth of william Francis Bartlett, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

Jun 07 In the year 1840 birth of charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico (1864-67)  

Jun 10 In the year 1840 birth of theodor Philipsen Danish painter (d. 1920)  

Jun 10 On this day in history birth of thomas Fentress Toon, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902  

Jun 11 In the year 1840 birth of henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser  

Jun 16 Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d. 1913) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 22 Ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker) was born in the year 1840.  

Jun 24 Louis Brassin, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jul 01 Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer was born in the year 1840.  

Jul 04 James McGranahan, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jul 12 In the year 1840 birth of abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist  

Jul 25 On this day in history birth of flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution  

Jul 27 Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 01 In the year 1840 birth of aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer  

Aug 13 Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 14 In the year 1840 birth of baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist  

Aug 17 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League) 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 in the year 1840.  

Mar 02 Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Mar 12 In the year 1840 friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61  

Mar 22 Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798) died in the year 1840.  

Mar 28 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

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)