Page 3: Historical Events In 1840

May 07   Tornado strikes Natchez Miss, results in the deaths of 317   

May 08   Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process   

May 11   Filippo Capocci, composer   

May 13   Alphonse Daudet, writer.   

May 17   Niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57   

May 20   York Minster was badly damaged by fire   

May 21   New Zealand became a British colony   

May 21   NZ became a British colony.   

May 22   The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.   

May 24   Frederick Walker, painter   

May 27   Niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57   

May 29   Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz)   

May 30   Dominique J de Eerens, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 59.   

Jun 02   Thomas Hardy, England, poet/novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd).   

Jun 02   Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet is born.   

Jun 03   Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Morning Twilight)   

Jun 06   John Stainer, composer   

Jun 07   Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico (1864-67)   

Jun 07   Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia (1797-1840), dies at 69.   

Jun 10   Henry Morton Stanley, US journalist and explorer is born.   

Jun 10   Thomas Fentress Toon, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902.   

Jun 11   Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser.   

Jun 12   Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands   

Jun 19   John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrial/orangist, dies at 50   

Jun 20   Samuel Morse patents his telegraph   

Jun 22   Ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker).   

Jun 24   Louis Brassin, composer.   

Jun 25   Leopold count of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician, dies at 82   

Jun 29   Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano, dies at 65   

Jul 01   Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer.   

Jul 04   James McGranahan, composer.   

Jul 04   The Cunard Line's 700 ton wooden paddle steamer RMS Britannia departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the inaugural transatlantic crossing with a scheduled end   

Jul 06   Christian Hebbel's "Judith," premieres in Berlin   

Jul 12   Abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist   

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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)