Page 2: Historical Events In 1840

Feb 16   On this day in history american Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica   

Feb 22   In the year 1840 f August Bebel, German social-democrat   

Feb 23   On this day in history carl Menger, Austrian economist   

Feb 25   Alexis Hollander, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 29   John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building in the year 1840.   

Mar 01   On this day in history adolphe Thiers becomes prime minister of France.   

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

Mar 05   Constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights) on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Tornado strikes Natchez MS, kills 317 in the year 1840.   

Mar 08   On this day in history franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor   

Mar 11   On this day in history edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

Mar 12   Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1840.   

Mar 14   In the year 1840 josé Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey", premieres in Madrid   

Mar 14   On this day in history jose Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey," premieres in Madrid   

Mar 23   On this day in history draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype)   

Mar 26   On this day in history carli Zoeller, composer   

Mar 28   In the year 1840 mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria)   

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   

Mar 31   In the year 1840 john Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

Apr 02   On this day in history the birth of Emile Zola, French author   

Apr 11   John Conrad Nordqvist, composer in the year 1840.   

Apr 12   On this day in history edmond Audran, composer   

Apr 19   On this day in history andrea Bezzola, writer   

Apr 21   On this day in history franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis)   

Apr 25   In the year 1840 james Dearing, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865   

Apr 27   In the year 1840 edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865)   

Apr 27   Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry on this day in history.   

May 01   In the year 1840 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued   

May 01   The first adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued on this day in history.   

May 05   In the year 1840 gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer, dies at 67   

May 06   1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) in the year 1840.   

May 06   On this day in history the first postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) (try and buy it now!)   

May 07   On this day in history peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk Rus, composer (1812 Overture) [NS]   

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Jan 03   Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born in the year 1840.   

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

Jan 18   In the year 1840 birth of ernst Rudorff, composer   

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

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   Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) died in the year 1840.   

Jan 22   Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) died in the year 1840.   

Mar 02   In the year 1840 heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81   

Mar 12   Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1840.   

Mar 22   Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798) died in the year 1840.   

Mar 28   Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 in the year 1840.   

Mar 30   On this day in history george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies   

Apr 19   In the year 1840 death of jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)