Famous Birthdays In 1840

Jan 03 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 21 On this day in history birth of sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician  

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 in the year 1840.  

Feb 02 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 05 Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 05 On this day in history birth of john Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire)  

Feb 11 In the year 1840 birth of sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884  

Feb 13 Georg Jacobi, composer was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of f August Bebel, German social-democrat  

Feb 23 Carl Menger, Austrian economist was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 25 Alexis Hollander, composer was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 25 Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 28 On this day in history birth of henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)  

Feb 29 On this day in history birth of john Philip Holland, father of modern submarine  

Feb 29 On this day in history birth of john Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building  

Mar 05 Constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 08 Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor was born on this day in history.  

Mar 11 On this day in history birth of edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

Mar 16 Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931) was born in the year 1840.  

Mar 18 In the year 1840 birth of william Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901)  

Mar 20 Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894) was born in the year 1840.  

Mar 25 On this day in history birth of myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876)  

Mar 25 Myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 26 Carli Zoeller, composer was born in the year 1840.  

Mar 26 In the year 1840 birth of george Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script))  

Mar 28 Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 31 On this day in history birth of john Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

Apr 02 Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 11 On this day in history birth of john Conrad Nordqvist, composer  

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Jan 06 Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) died in the year 1840.  

Jan 22 On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)  

Mar 02 Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Mar 12 Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1840.  

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

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)