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   On this day in history christian Hebbel's "Judith," premieres in Berlin   

Jul 12   In the year 1840 abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist   

Jul 15   On this day in history england, Russia, Austria & Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance   

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   In the year 1840 flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution   

Jul 27   In the year 1840 ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

Aug 01   Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer in the year 1840.   

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

Aug 10   On this day in history the 'Star of the East' first known balloon to fly in Canada.   

Aug 13   In the year 1840 giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)   

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

Aug 17   Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League) on this day in history.   

Aug 18   On this day in history antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73   

Aug 18   On this day in history organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (NY)   

Aug 24   On this day in history joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89   

Aug 25   K L Immermann, writer, dies at 44 in the year 1840.   

Aug 27   On this day in history william Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office   

Aug 28   On this day in history 9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails   

Aug 28   Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns) in the year 1840.   

Sep 03   Jacob Fabricius, composer in the year 1840.   

Sep 08   In the year 1840 john H van de Palm, theologist/literature/speaker, dies at 77   

Sep 09   Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer in the year 1840.   

Sep 12   Composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck on this day in history.   

Sep 14   George Elbridge Whiting, composer in the year 1840.   

Sep 15   Franz Xaver Pechacek, composer, dies at 47 in the year 1840.   

Sep 21   Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876) in the year 1840.   

Sep 25   Jacques-Etienne-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duc de Tarente, soldier on this day in history.   

Sep 27   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Oct 04   On this day in history charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer   

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Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)   

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

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of ernst Rudorff, composer   

Jan 21   In the year 1840 birth of sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician   

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

Mar 12   On this day in history friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61   

Mar 22   On this day in history death of Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)   

Mar 28   Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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

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