Historical Events In 1840

Oct 05   On this day in history fran Gerbic, composer   

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   In the year 1840 first Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

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   On this day in history carlotta Patti, Italian soprano   

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

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

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

Nov 14   The birth of Claude Monet, French painter in the year 1840.   

Nov 15   On this day in history 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   Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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] on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Plague in Dalmatia on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Smallpox in South Africa in the year 1840.   

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) on this day in history.   

Dec 07   Hermann Goetz, composer in the year 1840.   

Dec 11   In the year 1840 kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872)   

Dec 17   In the year 1840 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 in the year 1840.   

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

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   Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 23   On this day in history 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   Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) died in the year 1840.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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