Historical Events In 1840

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

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

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

Jan 10   In the year 1840 penny Post mail system started   

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

Jan 19   Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim) in the year 1840.   

Jan 19   In the year 1840 lT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast   

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

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

Jan 20   Dutch King Willem II crowned in the year 1840.   

Jan 21   On this day in history sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician   

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

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

Jan 23   Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated in the year 1840.   

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

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

Feb 05   In the year 1840 hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)   

Feb 05   The birth of John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Feb 11   Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

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

Feb 12   In the year 1840 housatonic Railroad opens   

Feb 13   On this day in history georg Jacobi, composer   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 18   In the year 1840 birth of austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer   

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

Jan 21   On this day in history birth of sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician   

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

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

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1840.   

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