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   1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed in the year 1840.   

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

Oct 12   On this day in history 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 in the year 1840.   

Oct 30   In the year 1840 carlotta Patti, Italian soprano   

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

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   Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27] on this day in history.   

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

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   Hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement) on this day in history.   

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

Dec 01   On this day in history plague in Dalmatia   

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

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

Dec 02   On this day in history the opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)   

Dec 07   In the year 1840 hermann Goetz, composer   

Dec 11   Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872) in the year 1840.   

Dec 17   Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer in the year 1840.   

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

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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   On this day in history birth of louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)   

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

Jan 18   Ernst Rudorff, composer was born in the year 1840.   

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   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   Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) died on this day in history.   

Mar 02   On this day in history heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81   

Mar 12   On this day in history friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61   

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

Mar 28   On this day in history simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89   

Mar 30   George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies in the year 1840.   

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