Historical Events In 1840

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 1st deep sea sounding   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history the first deep sea sounding is recorded   

Jan 05   John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1840 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   On this day in history penny Post mail system started   

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   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   In the year 1840 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 in the year 1840.   

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

Jan 20   In the year 1840 dutch King Willem II crowned   

Jan 21   In the year 1840 sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician   

Jan 22   On this day in history british colonists reach New Zealand.   

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   On this day in history baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated   

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   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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1840 gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris   

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

Feb 12   On this day in history housatonic Railroad opens   

Feb 13   Georg Jacobi, composer on this day in history.   

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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   Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1840 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   Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 23   In the year 1840 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   On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)   

Mar 02   Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1840 simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89   

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.