Historical Events In 1840
Monday, 19 May 2025
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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