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 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 18 Ernst Rudorff, composer was born on this day in history.  

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)  

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

Feb 05 In the year 1840 birth of hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)  

Feb 05 John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire) was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 11 On this day in history birth of sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884  

Feb 13 On this day in history birth of georg Jacobi, composer  

Feb 22 F August Bebel, German social-democrat was born on this day in history.  

Feb 23 In the year 1840 birth of carl Menger, Austrian economist  

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 In the year 1840 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 John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building was born on this day in history.  

Mar 05 In the year 1840 birth of constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)  

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

Mar 11 Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.  

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

Mar 18 On this day in history 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 Myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876) 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 26 In the year 1840 birth of carli Zoeller, composer  

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 John Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born in the year 1840.  

Apr 02 In the year 1840 birth of Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902)  

Apr 11 John Conrad Nordqvist, composer was born in the year 1840.  

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Jan 06 Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) died on this day in history.  

Jan 22 In the year 1840 death of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)  

Mar 02 In the year 1840 heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81  

Mar 12 In the year 1840 friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61  

Mar 22 In the year 1840 death of Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)  

Mar 28 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 in the year 1840.  

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

Apr 19 Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died on this day in history.