Historical Events In 1840

Oct 05   Fran Gerbic, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 07   On this day in history willem I resigns as king of Netherlands  

Oct 08   On this day in history 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed  

Oct 08   On this day in history first Hawaiian constitution proclaimed  

Oct 12   Helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian on this day in history.  

Oct 14   Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta in the year 1840.  

Oct 30   In the year 1840 carlotta Patti, Italian soprano  

Nov 12   Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker) in the year 1840.  

Nov 12   In the year 1840 the birth of Auguste Rodin, French sculptor  

Nov 14   Claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies) in the year 1840.  

Nov 14   On this day in history the birth of Claude Monet, French painter  

Nov 15   In the year 1840 aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27]  

Nov 16   In the year 1840 frederick Scotson Clark, composer  

Nov 21   On this day in history victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia  

Nov 24   On this day in history cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82  

Nov 25   Hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement) on this day in history.  

Nov 27   Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [OS=11/15] on this day in history.  

Dec 01   Plague in Dalmatia on this day in history.  

Dec 01   In the year 1840 smallpox in South Africa  

Dec 02   Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

Dec 02   The opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris) in the year 1840.  

Dec 07   On this day in history hermann Goetz, composer  

Dec 11   On this day in history kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872)  

Dec 17   On this day in history christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer  

Dec 21   On this day in history mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)  

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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   John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1840 birth of louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)  

Jan 18   Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer was born in the year 1840.  

Jan 18   Ernst Rudorff, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 22   On this day in history 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 in the year 1840.  

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

Mar 22   Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798) died on this day in history.  

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

Mar 30   George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies on this day in history.  

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