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

Jan 03 In the year 1840 birth of father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896  

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 Ernst Rudorff, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1840.  

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

Feb 02 On this day in history birth of louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer  

Feb 05 In the year 1840 birth of hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)  

Feb 05 John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 13 On this day in history birth of georg Jacobi, composer  

Feb 22 F August Bebel, German social-democrat was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 23 Carl Menger, Austrian economist was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 25 In the year 1840 birth of alexis Hollander, composer  

Feb 25 In the year 1840 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 John Philip Holland, father of modern submarine was born on this day in history.  

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

Mar 05 In the year 1840 birth of constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)  

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

Mar 11 In the year 1840 birth of edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

Mar 16 Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 18 William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901) was born in the year 1840.  

Mar 20 Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894) was born in the year 1840.  

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

Mar 26 On this day in history birth of george Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script))  

Mar 28 Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 31 In the year 1840 birth of john Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

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

Apr 11 John Conrad Nordqvist, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 22 In the year 1840 death of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)  

Mar 02 On this day in history heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81  

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

Mar 22 In the year 1840 death of Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)  

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

Mar 30 George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies in the year 1840.  

Apr 19 Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died in the year 1840.