Historical Events In 1840
Sunday, 15 December 2019
Jan 01 1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC on this day in history.
Jan 03 1st deep sea sounding on this day in history.
Jan 03 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii in the year 1840.
Jan 03 The first deep sea sounding is recorded in the year 1840.
Jan 05 On this day in history john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
Jan 05 In the year 1840 records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date
Jan 10 On this day in history penny Post mail system is starts
Jan 10 Penny Post mail system started on this day in history.
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 On this day in history austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer
Jan 18 Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears on this day in history.
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 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 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician in the year 1840.
Jan 22 In the year 1840 british colonists reach New Zealand.
Jan 22 The first British colonists arrive at Port Nicholson, New Zealand in the year 1840.
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 In the year 1840 the first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD.
Feb 02 In the year 1840 louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer
Feb 05 Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) on this day in history.
Feb 05 In the year 1840 the birth of John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire
Feb 06 Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand in the year 1840.
Feb 06 Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of NZ in the year 1840.
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 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 in the year 1840.
Feb 12 Housatonic Railroad opens on this day in history.
Feb 13 In the year 1840 georg Jacobi, composer
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