Page 5: Historical Events In 1840

Oct 05   On this day in history fran Gerbic, composer   

Oct 07   In the year 1840 willem I resigns as king of Netherlands   

Oct 08   1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed in the year 1840.   

Oct 08   First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on this day in history.   

Oct 12   Helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian in the year 1840.   

Oct 14   On this day in history maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta.   

Oct 30   Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano on this day in history.   

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

Nov 12   The birth of Auguste Rodin, French sculptor on this day in history.   

Nov 14   On this day in history claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies)   

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

Nov 15   On this day in history aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27]   

Nov 16   On this day in history 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) in the year 1840.   

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

Dec 01   Plague in Dalmatia on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Smallpox in South Africa on this day in history.   

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   Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872) on this day in history.   

Dec 17   In the year 1840 christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer   

Dec 21   Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) in the year 1840.   

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Jan 03   In the year 1840 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)   

Mar 02   Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Mar 12   Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Mar 22   On this day in history 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   In the year 1840 george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies   

Apr 19   Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died on this day in history.