Famous Birthdays In 1840

Aug 28 On this day in history birth of alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant (d. 1900)  

Aug 28 In the year 1840 birth of ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns)  

Sep 03 On this day in history birth of jacob Fabricius, composer  

Sep 09 On this day in history birth of gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer  

Sep 14 On this day in history birth of george Elbridge Whiting, composer  

Sep 21 Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 26 Louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 27 Alfred Thayer Mahan, US, naval officer (Influence of Sea Power) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 27 Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America was born in the year 1840.  

Sep 28 Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 28 In the year 1840 birth of rudolf Baumbach, Thuringia [Germany], writer of student drinking songs  

Sep 30 Johan Severin Svendsen, composer was born in the year 1840.  

Oct 04 Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer was born in the year 1840.  

Oct 05 Fran Gerbic, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 05 John Addington Symonds, Brit historian/writer (Probs in Greek Ethics) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 09 Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905) was born in the year 1840.  

Oct 12 On this day in history birth of helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian  

Oct 15 In the year 1840 birth of honoré Mercier, politician and premier of Quebec (d. 1894)  

Oct 16 Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900) was born in the year 1840.  

Oct 30 In the year 1840 birth of carlotta Patti, Italian soprano  

Oct 30 William G Sumner, US sociologist/political analyst was born on this day in history.  

Nov 09 In the year 1840 birth of joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1898)  

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

Nov 14 Claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies) was born in the year 1840.  

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

Nov 16 Frederick Scotson Clark, composer was born in the year 1840.  

Nov 21 Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia was born on this day in history.  

Nov 25 Hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement) was born in the year 1840.  

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

Nov 30 On this day in history birth of henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928)  

Dec 04 Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (d. 1877) was born in the year 1840.  

Dec 07 In the year 1840 birth of hermann Goetz, composer  

Dec 11 In the year 1840 birth of kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872)  

Dec 17 On this day in history birth of christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer  

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

Jan 22 Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) died on this day in history.  

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

Mar 12 On this day in history 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 George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies on this day in history.  

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