Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1840

Apr 12 In the year 1840 birth of edmond Audran, composer  

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

Apr 21 In the year 1840 birth of franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis)  

Apr 22 Odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916) was born in the year 1840.  

Apr 25 On this day in history 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 In the year 1840 birth of edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865)  

May 07 On this day in history birth of peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk Rus, composer (1812 Overture) [NS]  

May 10 Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868) was born on this day in history.  

May 11 Filippo Capocci, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

May 13 L-M Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin of Tarascon) was born on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history birth of john Stainer, composer  

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

Jun 07 Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico (1864-67) was born in the year 1840.  

Jun 10 Theodor Philipsen Danish painter (d. 1920) was born in the year 1840.  

Jun 10 In the year 1840 birth of thomas Fentress Toon, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902  

Jun 11 On this day in history 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 In the year 1840 birth of ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker)  

Jun 24 On this day in history birth of louis Brassin, composer  

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

Jul 04 On this day in history birth of james McGranahan, composer  

Jul 12 Abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist was born on this day in history.  

Jul 25 In the year 1840 birth of flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution  

Jul 27 In the year 1840 birth of ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

Aug 01 On this day in history birth of aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer  

Aug 13 On this day in history birth of giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)  

Aug 14 Baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist was born in the year 1840.  

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

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Jan 06 In the year 1840 death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)  

Jan 22 Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) died on this day in history.  

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

Mar 12 Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1840.  

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

Mar 28 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 in the year 1840.  

Mar 30 George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies in the year 1840.  

Apr 19 Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died in the year 1840.