Famous Birthdays In 1840

Aug 28 Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant (d. 1900) was born on this day in history.

Aug 28 Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns) was born in the year 1840.

Sep 03 On this day in history birth of jacob Fabricius, composer

Sep 09 Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer was born on this day in history.

Sep 14 In the year 1840 birth of george Elbridge Whiting, composer

Sep 21 Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876) was born on this day in history.

Sep 26 Louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician (d. 1923) was born in the year 1840.

Sep 27 On this day in history birth of alfred Thayer Mahan, US, naval officer (Influence of Sea Power)

Sep 27 On this day in history birth of thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America

Sep 28 Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army) was born in the year 1840.

Sep 28 On this day in history birth of rudolf Baumbach, Thuringia [Germany], writer of student drinking songs

Sep 30 On this day in history birth of johan Severin Svendsen, composer

Oct 04 In the year 1840 birth of charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer

Oct 05 Fran Gerbic, composer was born in the year 1840.

Oct 05 John Addington Symonds, Brit historian/writer (Probs in Greek Ethics) was born in the year 1840.

Oct 09 On this day in history birth of simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905)

Oct 12 Helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian was born in the year 1840.

Oct 15 In the year 1840 birth of honoré Mercier, politician and premier of Quebec (d. 1894)

Oct 16 On this day in history birth of kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900)

Oct 30 Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano was born in the year 1840.

Oct 30 In the year 1840 birth of william G Sumner, US sociologist/political analyst

Nov 09 Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.

Nov 12 In the year 1840 birth of auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker)

Nov 14 Claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies) was born on this day in history.

Nov 15 In the year 1840 birth of aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27]

Nov 16 Frederick Scotson Clark, composer was born on this day in history.

Nov 21 Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia was born on this day in history.

Nov 25 Hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement) was born in the year 1840.

Nov 27 In the year 1840 birth of aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [OS=11/15]

Nov 30 On this day in history birth of henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928)

Dec 04 On this day in history birth of crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (d. 1877)

Dec 07 On this day in history birth of hermann Goetz, composer

Dec 11 Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872) was born in the year 1840.

Dec 17 In the year 1840 birth of christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer

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

Jan 22 Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) died in the year 1840.

Mar 02 In the year 1840 heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81

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 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 Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died on this day in history.