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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1840 penny Post mail system is starts   

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

Jan 13   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 19   Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim) on this day in history.   

Jan 19   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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   Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)   

Feb 05   On this day in history the birth of John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Housatonic Railroad opens on this day in history.   

Feb 13   On this day in history georg Jacobi, composer   

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Jan 03   Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 05   John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   Ernst Rudorff, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 21   In the year 1840 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   In the year 1840 birth of ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)   

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   In the year 1840 heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81   

Mar 12   Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Mar 22   In the year 1840 death of Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)   

Mar 28   On this day in history simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89   

Mar 30   George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 19   On this day in history death of jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)