Historical Events In 1840

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

Oct 07   Willem I resigns as king of Netherlands on this day in history.   

Oct 08   1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed in the year 1840.   

Oct 08   First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed in the year 1840.   

Oct 12   Helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian in the year 1840.   

Oct 14   On this day in history maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta.   

Oct 30   In the year 1840 carlotta Patti, Italian soprano   

Nov 12   Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker) on this day in history.   

Nov 12   The birth of Auguste Rodin, French sculptor in the year 1840.   

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

Nov 14   In the year 1840 the birth of Claude Monet, French painter   

Nov 15   On this day in history aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27]   

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

Nov 21   On this day in history victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia   

Nov 24   In the year 1840 cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82   

Nov 25   In the year 1840 hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement)   

Nov 27   On this day in history aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [OS=11/15]   

Dec 01   Plague in Dalmatia in the year 1840.   

Dec 01   In the year 1840 smallpox in South Africa   

Dec 02   Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

Dec 02   In the year 1840 the opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)   

Dec 07   On this day in history hermann Goetz, composer   

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

Dec 17   In the year 1840 christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer   

Dec 21   On this day in history mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)   

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Jan 03   Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer   

Jan 18   Ernst Rudorff, composer was born in the year 1840.   

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

Jan 22   Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 23   Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798) died on this day in history.   

Mar 28   On this day in history simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89   

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.