{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1840

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

Jan 05 In the year 1840 birth of john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896  

Jan 10 Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born in the year 1840.  

Jan 18 On this day in history birth of austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer  

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 Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) was born in the year 1840.  

Jan 23 In the year 1840 birth of ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)  

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

Feb 05 On this day in history birth of hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)  

Feb 05 In the year 1840 birth of john Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire)  

Feb 11 Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884 was born in the year 1840.  

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

Feb 22 F August Bebel, German social-democrat was born on this day in history.  

Feb 23 In the year 1840 birth of carl Menger, Austrian economist  

Feb 25 On this day in history birth of alexis Hollander, composer  

Feb 25 On this day in history birth of otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories)  

Feb 28 On this day in history birth of henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)  

Feb 29 In the year 1840 birth of john Philip Holland, father of modern submarine  

Feb 29 On this day in history birth of john Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building  

Mar 05 Constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights) was born in the year 1840.  

Mar 08 Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor was born in the year 1840.  

Mar 11 On this day in history birth of edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

Mar 16 Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931) was born in the year 1840.  

Mar 18 On this day in history birth of william Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901)  

Mar 20 On this day in history birth of illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)  

Mar 25 On this day in history birth of myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876)  

Mar 25 In the year 1840 birth of myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876)  

Mar 26 Carli Zoeller, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 26 George Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script)) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 28 In the year 1840 birth of mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria)  

Mar 31 John Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.  

Apr 02 Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902) was born in the year 1840.  

Apr 11 On this day in history birth of john Conrad Nordqvist, composer  

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

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 in the year 1840.  

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

Mar 28 Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 in the year 1840.  

Mar 30 On this day in history george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies  

Apr 19 In the year 1840 death of jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)