Famous Birthdays In 1840

Aug 28 Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant (d. 1900) was born in the year 1840.

Aug 28 In the year 1840 birth of ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns)

Sep 03 In the year 1840 birth of jacob Fabricius, composer

Sep 09 On this day in history birth of gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer

Sep 14 George Elbridge Whiting, composer was born on this day in history.

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

Sep 26 On this day in history birth of louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician (d. 1923)

Sep 27 Alfred Thayer Mahan, US, naval officer (Influence of Sea Power) was born in the year 1840.

Sep 27 Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America was born in the year 1840.

Sep 28 Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.

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

Sep 30 In the year 1840 birth of johan Severin Svendsen, composer

Oct 04 On this day in history birth of charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer

Oct 05 On this day in history birth of fran Gerbic, composer

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

Oct 09 Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905) was born in the year 1840.

Oct 12 In the year 1840 birth of helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian

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

Oct 16 In the year 1840 birth of kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900)

Oct 30 On this day in history birth of carlotta Patti, Italian soprano

Oct 30 William G Sumner, US sociologist/political analyst was born on this day in history.

Nov 09 On this day in history birth of joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1898)

Nov 12 Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker) was born in the year 1840.

Nov 14 In the year 1840 birth of claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies)

Nov 15 Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27] was born in the year 1840.

Nov 16 Frederick Scotson Clark, composer was born in the year 1840.

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 on this day in history.

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 In the year 1840 birth of crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (d. 1877)

Dec 07 Hermann Goetz, composer was born in the year 1840.

Dec 11 Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872) was born on this day in history.

Dec 17 Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer was born on this day in history.

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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 in the year 1840.

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 In the year 1840 simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89

Mar 30 George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies on this day in history.

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