Historical Events In 1840

Jan 01   In the year 1840 1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC   

Jan 03   In the year 1840 1st deep sea sounding   

Jan 03   On this day in history father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii   

Jan 03   The first deep sea sounding is recorded in the year 1840.   

Jan 05   John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date in the year 1840.   

Jan 10   On this day in history penny Post mail system is starts   

Jan 10   In the year 1840 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   In the year 1840 austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer   

Jan 18   On this day in history electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears   

Jan 18   Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1840 antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)   

Jan 19   LT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast in the year 1840.   

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   On this day in history dutch King Willem II crowned   

Jan 21   Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician in the year 1840.   

Jan 22   British colonists reach New Zealand on this day in history.   

Jan 22   In the year 1840 the first British colonists arrive at Port Nicholson, New Zealand.   

Jan 23   On this day in history ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)   

Feb 01   In the year 1840 baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated   

Feb 01   The first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer in the year 1840.   

Feb 05   Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) in the year 1840.   

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   In the year 1840 waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of NZ   

Feb 10   In the year 1840 british queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg   

Feb 10   Queen Victoria of England marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in the year 1840.   

Feb 11   Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

Feb 11   In the year 1840 sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884   

Feb 12   In the year 1840 housatonic Railroad opens   

Feb 13   Georg Jacobi, composer on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1840 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   In the year 1840 birth of ernst Rudorff, composer   

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)   

Jan 06   In the year 1840 death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)   

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 in the year 1840.   

Mar 12   On this day in history friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61   

Mar 22   Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798) died in the year 1840.   

Mar 28   Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

Mar 30   In the year 1840 george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies   

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