Famous Deaths In 1840

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 In the year 1840 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 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 In the year 1840 death of jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)  

Apr 25 Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (b. 1781) died in the year 1840.  

May 05 On this day in history gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer, dies at 67  

May 06 Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792) died on this day in history.  

May 07 Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774) died in the year 1840.  

May 17 In the year 1840 niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57  

May 26 Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764) died in the year 1840.  

May 27 In the year 1840 niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57  

May 30 Dominique J de Eerens, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 59 in the year 1840.  

Jun 06 On this day in history death of marcellin Champagnat, French priest (b. 1789)  

Jun 07 In the year 1840 frederik Willem III, King of Prussia (1797-1840), dies at 69  

Jun 19 In the year 1840 john Cockerill, English/Belgian industrial/orangist, dies at 50  

Jun 25 In the year 1840 leopold count of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician, dies at 82  

Jun 29 Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jul 22 Josef Jawurek, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1840.  

Jul 23 In the year 1840 frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55  

Aug 18 Antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73 in the year 1840.  

Aug 24 On this day in history joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89  

Aug 25 On this day in history k L Immermann, writer, dies at 44  

Aug 27 In the year 1840 william Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office  

Sep 08 On this day in history john H van de Palm, theologist/literature/speaker, dies at 77  

Sep 15 Franz Xaver Pechacek, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

Sep 25 In the year 1840 death of jacques-Etienne-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duc de Tarente, soldier  

Nov 24 Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Dec 11 In the year 1840 death of emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771)  

Jan 03 On this day in history 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 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 in the year 1840.  

Jan 18 In the year 1840 birth of ernst Rudorff, composer  

Jan 21 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born on this day in history.  

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.