Page 4: Historical Events In 1840

Jul 04   On this day in history the Cunard Line's 700 ton wooden paddle steamer RMS Britannia departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the first transatlantic crossing with a scheduled end.   

Jul 06   In the year 1840 christian Hebbel's "Judith," premieres in Berlin   

Jul 12   Abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist in the year 1840.   

Jul 15   England, Russia, Austria & Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance on this day in history.   

Jul 22   Josef Jawurek, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jul 23   Frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1840.   

Jul 23   In the year 1840 union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada   

Jul 25   Flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution on this day in history.   

Jul 27   On this day in history ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

Aug 01   In the year 1840 aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer   

Aug 01   Labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated on this day in history.   

Aug 10   In the year 1840 the 'Star of the East' first known balloon to fly in Canada.   

Aug 13   Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros) on this day in history.   

Aug 14   Baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist on this day in history.   

Aug 17   Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League) in the year 1840.   

Aug 18   Antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Aug 18   Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (NY) in the year 1840.   

Aug 24   Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 in the year 1840.   

Aug 25   K L Immermann, writer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

Aug 27   In the year 1840 william Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office   

Aug 28   9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails in the year 1840.   

Aug 28   Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns) on this day in history.   

Sep 03   In the year 1840 jacob Fabricius, composer   

Sep 08   John H van de Palm, theologist/literature/speaker, dies at 77 in the year 1840.   

Sep 09   Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer on this day in history.   

Sep 12   In the year 1840 composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck   

Sep 14   In the year 1840 george Elbridge Whiting, composer   

Sep 15   On this day in history franz Xaver Pechacek, composer, dies at 47   

Sep 21   In the year 1840 murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876)   

Sep 25   In the year 1840 jacques-Etienne-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duc de Tarente, soldier   

Sep 27   In the year 1840 alfred Thayer Mahan, US, naval officer (Influence of Sea Power)   

Sep 28   Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army) in the year 1840.   

Sep 30   Johan Severin Svendsen, composer in the year 1840.   

Oct 04   In the year 1840 charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer   

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Jan 03   In the year 1840 birth of father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

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

Jan 18   In the year 1840 birth of austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer   

Jan 18   Ernst Rudorff, composer was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 21   Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   In the year 1840 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)   

Mar 02   On this day in history heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81   

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

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

Mar 28   In the year 1840 simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89   

Mar 30   George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies in the year 1840.   

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