Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1840

Aug 28 In the year 1840 birth of alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant (d. 1900)  

Aug 28 Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns) was born on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history birth of george Elbridge Whiting, composer  

Sep 21 In the year 1840 birth of murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876)  

Sep 26 Louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 27 In the year 1840 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 In the year 1840 birth of alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army)  

Sep 28 In the year 1840 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 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 In the year 1840 birth of simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905)  

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

Oct 15 On this day in history 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 Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 14 On this day in history birth of claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies)  

Nov 15 Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27] was born on this day in history.  

Nov 16 On this day in history birth of frederick Scotson Clark, composer  

Nov 21 In the year 1840 birth of victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia  

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

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

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 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 in the year 1840.  

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

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

Mar 12 On this day in history friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61  

Mar 22 Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798) died on this day in history.  

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

Mar 30 In the year 1840 george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies  

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