Page 5: Historical Events In 1840

Oct 05   In the year 1840 fran Gerbic, composer   

Oct 07   Willem I resigns as king of Netherlands on this day in history.   

Oct 08   1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on this day in history.   

Oct 08   On this day in history first Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

Oct 12   In the year 1840 helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian   

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

Oct 30   Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano in the year 1840.   

Nov 12   On this day in history auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker)   

Nov 12   On this day in history the birth of Auguste Rodin, French sculptor   

Nov 14   In the year 1840 claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies)   

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

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

Nov 16   In the year 1840 frederick Scotson Clark, composer   

Nov 21   Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia in the year 1840.   

Nov 24   In the year 1840 cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82   

Nov 25   On this day in history hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement)   

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   On this day in history gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris   

Dec 02   On this day in history the opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)   

Dec 07   In the year 1840 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   Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 21   Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born in the year 1840.   

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   On this day in history death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)   

Jan 22   Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) died on this day in history.   

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

Mar 12   In the year 1840 friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61   

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

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

Mar 30   In the year 1840 george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies   

Apr 19   Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died in the year 1840.