Historical Events In 1840

Jan 01   On this day in history 1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC   

Jan 03   1st deep sea sounding in the year 1840.   

Jan 03   Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii in the year 1840.   

Jan 03   The first deep sea sounding is recorded on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1840 john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

Jan 05   On this day in history records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date   

Jan 10   On this day in history penny Post mail system is starts   

Jan 10   In the year 1840 penny Post mail system started   

Jan 13   The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives in the year 1840.   

Jan 18   Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears in the year 1840.   

Jan 18   On this day in history electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears   

Jan 19   Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim) on this day in history.   

Jan 19   LT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica in the year 1840.   

Jan 20   In the year 1840 dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica   

Jan 20   On this day in history dutch King Willem II crowned   

Jan 21   Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician in the year 1840.   

Jan 22   British colonists reach New Zealand on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history the first British colonists arrive at Port Nicholson, New Zealand.   

Jan 23   On this day in history ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)   

Feb 01   On this day in history baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated   

Feb 01   The first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) in the year 1840.   

Feb 05   The birth of John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire in the year 1840.   

Feb 06   Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand in the year 1840.   

Feb 06   In the year 1840 waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of NZ   

Feb 10   On this day in history british queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg   

Feb 10   In the year 1840 queen Victoria of England marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.   

Feb 11   In the year 1840 gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris   

Feb 11   On this day in history sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884   

Feb 12   Housatonic Railroad opens on this day in history.   

Feb 13   Georg Jacobi, composer in the year 1840.   

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Jan 03   In the year 1840 birth of father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii   

Jan 05   John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 10   In the year 1840 birth of louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)   

Jan 18   Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 18   In the year 1840 birth of ernst Rudorff, composer   

Jan 21   Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 22   In the year 1840 birth of ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)   

Jan 23   Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) was born in the year 1840.   

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 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 in the year 1840.   

Mar 30   On this day in history george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies   

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