Famous Birthdays In 1840

Apr 12 Edmond Audran, composer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 19 In the year 1840 birth of andrea Bezzola, writer  

Apr 21 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis) was born in the year 1840.  

Apr 22 On this day in history birth of odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916)  

Apr 25 James Dearing, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865 was born in the year 1840.  

Apr 25 In the year 1840 birth of peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (1812 Overture) (5/7 NS)  

Apr 27 Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) was born on this day in history.  

May 07 On this day in history birth of peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk Rus, composer (1812 Overture) [NS]  

May 10 Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868) was born on this day in history.  

May 11 On this day in history birth of filippo Capocci, composer  

May 13 Alphonse Daudet, writer was born in the year 1840.  

May 13 L-M Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin of Tarascon) was born in the year 1840.  

May 24 On this day in history birth of frederick Walker, painter  

May 29 Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 02 On this day in history birth of thomas Hardy, England, poet/novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd)  

Jun 03 Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Morning Twilight) was born in the year 1840.  

Jun 06 In the year 1840 birth of john Stainer, composer  

Jun 06 William Francis Bartlett, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born in the year 1840.  

Jun 07 On this day in history birth of charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico (1864-67)  

Jun 10 Theodor Philipsen Danish painter (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 10 On this day in history birth of thomas Fentress Toon, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902  

Jun 11 On this day in history birth of henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser  

Jun 16 Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d. 1913) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 22 In the year 1840 birth of ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker)  

Jun 24 On this day in history birth of louis Brassin, composer  

Jul 01 In the year 1840 birth of robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer  

Jul 04 James McGranahan, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jul 12 In the year 1840 birth of abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist  

Jul 25 In the year 1840 birth of flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution  

Jul 27 Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 01 Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer was born in the year 1840.  

Aug 13 On this day in history birth of giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)  

Aug 14 Baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist was born in the year 1840.  

Aug 17 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League) was born in the year 1840.  

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

Jan 22 Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) died in the year 1840.  

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

Mar 12 Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 30 On this day in history george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies  

Apr 19 Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died in the year 1840.