Famous Birthdays In 1840

Apr 12 On this day in history birth of edmond Audran, composer  

Apr 19 In the year 1840 birth of andrea Bezzola, writer  

Apr 21 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis) was born on this day in history.  

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 Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (1812 Overture) (5/7 NS) was born in the year 1840.  

Apr 27 Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

May 11 On this day in history birth of filippo Capocci, composer  

May 13 Alphonse Daudet, writer was born on this day in history.  

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

May 24 Frederick Walker, painter was born on this day in history.  

May 29 In the year 1840 birth of hans Makart, Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 06 In the year 1840 birth of john Stainer, composer  

Jun 06 William Francis Bartlett, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born in the year 1840.  

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 Thomas Fentress Toon, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 was born on this day in history.  

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

Jun 16 On this day in history 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 in the year 1840.  

Jul 01 Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.  

Jul 04 In the year 1840 birth of james McGranahan, composer  

Jul 12 On this day in history 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 in the year 1840.  

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

Aug 13 Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros) was born in the year 1840.  

Aug 14 On this day in history birth of baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist  

Aug 17 On this day in history birth of wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League)  

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Jan 06 Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) died on this day in history.  

Jan 22 In the year 1840 death of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)  

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 In the year 1840 death of Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)  

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

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

Apr 19 On this day in history death of jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)