Page 5: Historical Events In 1840

Oct 05   On this day in history fran Gerbic, composer   

Oct 07   Willem I resigns as king of Netherlands in the year 1840.   

Oct 08   In the year 1840 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   Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Nov 16   Frederick Scotson Clark, composer in the year 1840.   

Nov 21   In the year 1840 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   In the year 1840 hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement)   

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

Dec 01   Plague in Dalmatia on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1840 the opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)   

Dec 07   Hermann Goetz, composer on this day in history.   

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

Dec 17   Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1840 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   Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   In the year 1840 birth of ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)   

Jan 23   Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 02   Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 in the year 1840.   

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

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

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