Famous Birthdays In 1840

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

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

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

Sep 09 In the year 1840 birth of gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer  

Sep 14 George Elbridge Whiting, composer was born in the year 1840.  

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

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 in the year 1840.  

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

Sep 28 In the year 1840 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 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 Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 12 On this day in history birth of helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian  

Oct 15 Honoré Mercier, politician and premier of Quebec (d. 1894) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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 in the year 1840.  

Nov 12 On this day in history 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 Frederick Scotson Clark, composer was born on this day in history.  

Nov 21 On this day in history 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 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 in the year 1840.  

Dec 17 Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer was born in the year 1840.  

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Jan 06 On this day in history death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)  

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

Mar 02 On this day in history heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81  

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

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

Apr 19 Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died on this day in history.