Famous Birthdays In 1840

Aug 28 On this day in history birth of alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant (d. 1900)  

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

Sep 03 Jacob Fabricius, composer was born on this day in history.  

Sep 09 Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer was born in the year 1840.  

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

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

Sep 26 In the year 1840 birth of louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician (d. 1923)  

Sep 27 Alfred Thayer Mahan, US, naval officer (Influence of Sea Power) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 27 Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America was born on this day in history.  

Sep 28 On this day in history birth of alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army)  

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 In the year 1840 birth of charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer  

Oct 05 Fran Gerbic, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 05 John Addington Symonds, Brit historian/writer (Probs in Greek Ethics) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 09 In the year 1840 birth of simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905)  

Oct 12 On this day in history 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 In the year 1840 birth of kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900)  

Oct 30 In the year 1840 birth of carlotta Patti, Italian soprano  

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

Nov 09 In the year 1840 birth of joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1898)  

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

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 In the year 1840 birth of frederick Scotson Clark, composer  

Nov 21 Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia was born in the year 1840.  

Nov 25 In the year 1840 birth of hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement)  

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

Nov 30 In the year 1840 birth of henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928)  

Dec 04 Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (d. 1877) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Dec 17 On this day in history birth of christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer  

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Jan 06 In the year 1840 death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)  

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

Mar 02 Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 in the year 1840.  

Mar 12 Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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