Historical Events In 1840

Jan 01   1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC.   

Jan 03   1st deep sea sounding.   

Jan 03   Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii.   

Jan 03   The inaugural deep sea sounding is recorded.   

Jan 05   John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

Jan 05   Records show 95820 licensed public houses in England on this date   

Jan 10   Penny Post mail system is starts.   

Jan 10   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   

Jan 18   Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer   

Jan 18   Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears.   

Jan 18   Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, inaugural US electrical journal, appears   

Jan 19   Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)   

Jan 19   LT Charles Wilkes, USN is inaugural American to discover Antarctic coast   

Jan 20   Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica   

Jan 20   Dutch King Willem II crowned   

Jan 21   Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician   

Jan 22   British colonists reach New Zealand.   

Jan 22   The inaugural British colonists arrive at Port Nicholson, New Zealand.   

Jan 23   Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)   

Feb 01   Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated   

Feb 01   The inaugural U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD.   

Feb 02   Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer.   

Feb 05   Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)   

Feb 05   John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire is born   

Feb 06   Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain and Maoris of New Zealand.   

Feb 06   Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain and Maoris of NZ   

Feb 10   British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg.   

Feb 10   Queen Victoria of England marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha   

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

Feb 11   Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884   

Feb 12   Housatonic Railroad opens.   

Feb 13   Georg Jacobi, composer.   

Feb 16   American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica   

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Jan 03   Father joseph damien de veuster: Belgium, helped lepers in hawaii   

Jan 05   John doby kennedy: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1896   

Jan 10   Louis nazaire bégin: French canadian archbishop and cardinal    

Jan 18   Austin dobson: England, poet/critic/biographer   

Jan 18   Ernst rudorff: Composer   

Jan 21   Sophia louisa jex-blake: Pioneer english woman physician   

Jan 22   Ernest roland wilberforce: English bishop    

Jan 23   Ernst abbe: Germany, physicist (carl zeiss optics company)   

Jan 06   Fanny burney: English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)   

Jan 22   Johann friedrich blumenbach: German anthropologist (b. 1752)   

Mar 02   Heinrich olbers: German astronomer (comets & asteroids),    

Mar 12   Friedrich westenholz: Composer,   

Mar 22   Étienne bobillier: French mathematician (b. 1798)   

Mar 28   Simon-antoine-jean lhuillier: Swiss mathematician,   

Mar 30   George (beau) brummell: Dandy,   

Apr 19   Jean-jacques lartigue: Roman catholic bishop of montreal (b. 1777)