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   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   On this day in history penny Post mail system is starts   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 18   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica on this day in history.   

Jan 20   On this day in history 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   In the year 1840 the first British colonists arrive at Port Nicholson, New Zealand.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 02   In the year 1840 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 in the year 1840.   

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

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

Feb 10   In the year 1840 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   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   Housatonic Railroad opens in the year 1840.   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)   

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

Jan 18   Ernst Rudorff, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1840 death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)   

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