Page 5: Historical Events In 1840

Oct 05   In the year 1840 fran Gerbic, composer   

Oct 07   Willem I resigns as king of Netherlands on this day in history.   

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   Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta in the year 1840.   

Oct 30   Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano on this day in history.   

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   Claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies) in the year 1840.   

Nov 14   On this day in history the birth of Claude Monet, French painter   

Nov 15   Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27] on this day in history.   

Nov 16   On this day in history frederick Scotson Clark, composer   

Nov 21   In the year 1840 victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia   

Nov 24   Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82 in the year 1840.   

Nov 25   Hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement) on this day in history.   

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

Dec 01   Plague in Dalmatia in the year 1840.   

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   On this day in history hermann Goetz, composer   

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   On this day in history mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)   

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Jan 03   In the year 1840 birth of father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii   

Jan 05   John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 10   Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 18   In the year 1840 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 23   In the year 1840 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   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   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   Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died on this day in history.