Page 5: Historical Events In 1840

Oct 05   In the year 1840 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   First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on this day in history.   

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

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

Oct 30   In the year 1840 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   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   In the year 1840 aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27]   

Nov 16   Frederick Scotson Clark, composer on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1840 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 in the year 1840.   

Dec 01   Smallpox in South Africa in the year 1840.   

Dec 02   On this day in history gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris   

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   Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 21   In the year 1840 mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)   

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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   Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born in the year 1840.   

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

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   Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 23   Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) was born in the year 1840.   

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   Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 in the year 1840.   

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

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

Mar 28   On this day in history 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 in the year 1840.