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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1840 the first deep sea sounding is recorded   

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

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

Jan 10   Penny Post mail system is starts on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Penny Post mail system started on this day in history.   

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

Jan 18   On this day in history austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer   

Jan 18   In the year 1840 electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears   

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

Jan 19   On this day in history antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)   

Jan 19   LT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast in the year 1840.   

Jan 20   On this day in history dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica   

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   In the year 1840 sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician   

Jan 22   British colonists reach New Zealand in the year 1840.   

Jan 22   In the year 1840 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   Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated in the year 1840.   

Feb 01   The first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD in the year 1840.   

Feb 02   On this day in history louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer   

Feb 05   Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of NZ on this day in history.   

Feb 10   British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Queen Victoria of England marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha on this day in history.   

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

Feb 11   In the year 1840 sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884   

Feb 12   On this day in history housatonic Railroad opens   

Feb 13   In the year 1840 georg Jacobi, composer   

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Jan 03   Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born in the year 1840.   

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

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of ernst Rudorff, composer   

Jan 21   Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)   

Jan 23   In the year 1840 birth of ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)   

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

Mar 22   Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798) died in the year 1840.   

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

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

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