Historical Events In 1840

Jan 01   In the year 1840 1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC   

Jan 03   1st deep sea sounding on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii   

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   Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date in the year 1840.   

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

Jan 10   Penny Post mail system started in the year 1840.   

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   In the year 1840 austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer   

Jan 18   On this day in history electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears   

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

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

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

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

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

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

Feb 01   Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated on this day in history.   

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

Feb 02   In the year 1840 louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer   

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

Feb 05   In the year 1840 the birth of John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire   

Feb 06   On this day in history waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand   

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

Feb 10   British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg in the year 1840.   

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

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

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   On this day in history georg Jacobi, composer   

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Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician   

Jan 22   Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) was born in the year 1840.   

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

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

Mar 12   In the year 1840 friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61   

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   In the year 1840 george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies   

Apr 19   Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died in the year 1840.