Historical Events In 1840
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Jan 01 1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC in the year 1840.
Jan 03 On this day in history 1st deep sea sounding
Jan 03 In the year 1840 father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii
Jan 03 In the year 1840 the first deep sea sounding is recorded
Jan 05 On this day in history john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
Jan 05 Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date in the year 1840.
Jan 10 In the year 1840 penny Post mail system is starts
Jan 10 On this day in history penny Post mail system started
Jan 13 On this day in history the steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
Jan 18 On this day in history austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer
Jan 18 Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears in the year 1840.
Jan 18 Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears in the year 1840.
Jan 19 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim) in the year 1840.
Jan 19 On this day in history lT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast
Jan 20 In the year 1840 dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica
Jan 20 Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica on this day in history.
Jan 20 In the year 1840 dutch King Willem II crowned
Jan 21 On this day in history sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician
Jan 22 British colonists reach New Zealand in the year 1840.
Jan 22 The first British colonists arrive at Port Nicholson, New Zealand on this day in history.
Jan 23 Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) in the year 1840.
Feb 01 Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated on this day in history.
Feb 01 The first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD on this day in history.
Feb 02 In the year 1840 louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer
Feb 05 In the year 1840 hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)
Feb 05 The birth of John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire in the year 1840.
Feb 06 Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand in the year 1840.
Feb 06 Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of NZ on this day in history.
Feb 10 British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg on this day in history.
Feb 10 In the year 1840 queen Victoria of England marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Feb 11 Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
Feb 11 Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884 in the year 1840.
Feb 12 On this day in history housatonic Railroad opens
Feb 13 Georg Jacobi, composer in the year 1840.
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