Page 5: Historical Events In 1840

Oct 08   1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

Oct 08   inaugural Hawaiian constitution proclaimed.   

Oct 12   Helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian   

Oct 14   Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta.   

Oct 30   Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano   

Nov 12   Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker).   

Nov 12   Auguste Rodin, French sculptor is born   

Nov 14   Claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies).   

Nov 14   Claude Monet, French painter is born.   

Nov 15   Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27]   

Nov 16   Frederick Scotson Clark, composer   

Nov 21   Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia.   

Nov 24   Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82   

Nov 25   Hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement).   

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

Dec 01   Plague in Dalmatia.   

Dec 01   Smallpox in South Africa.   

Dec 02   Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris   

Dec 02   The opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris).   

Dec 07   Hermann Goetz, composer.   

Dec 11   Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872).   

Dec 17   Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer   

Dec 21   Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)   

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Jan 03   Father joseph damien de veuster: Belgium, helped lepers in hawaii   

Jan 05   John doby kennedy: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1896   

Jan 10   Louis nazaire bégin: French canadian archbishop and cardinal    

Jan 18   Austin dobson: England, poet/critic/biographer   

Jan 18   Ernst rudorff: Composer   

Jan 21   Sophia louisa jex-blake: Pioneer english woman physician   

Jan 22   Ernest roland wilberforce: English bishop   

Jan 23   Ernst abbe: Germany, physicist (carl zeiss optics company)   

Jan 06   Fanny burney: English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)   

Jan 22   Johann friedrich blumenbach: German anthropologist (b. 1752)   

Mar 02   Heinrich olbers: German astronomer (comets & asteroids),   

Mar 12   Friedrich westenholz: Composer,    

Mar 22   Étienne bobillier: French mathematician (b. 1798)   

Mar 28   Simon-antoine-jean lhuillier: Swiss mathematician,   

Mar 30   George (beau) brummell: Dandy,   

Apr 19   Jean-jacques lartigue: Roman catholic bishop of montreal (b. 1777)