Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1840

Apr 12 Edmond Audran, composer was born in the year 1840.  

Apr 19 In the year 1840 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 on this day in history.  

Apr 25 On this day in history birth of james Dearing, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865  

Apr 25 On this day in history 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 in the year 1840.  

May 10 On this day in history birth of hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868)  

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

May 13 On this day in history birth of alphonse Daudet, writer  

May 13 In the year 1840 birth of l-M Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin of Tarascon)  

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

May 29 On this day in history birth of hans Makart, Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz)  

Jun 02 In the year 1840 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 William Francis Bartlett, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born in the year 1840.  

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

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 Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser was born on this day in history.  

Jun 16 In the year 1840 birth of ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d. 1913)  

Jun 22 On this day in history birth of ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker)  

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

Jul 01 On this day in history birth of robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer  

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

Jul 12 Abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist was born in the year 1840.  

Jul 25 Flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution was born in the year 1840.  

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

Aug 01 On this day in history 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 In the year 1840 death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)  

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

Mar 22 In the year 1840 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 In the year 1840 george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies  

Apr 19 In the year 1840 death of jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)