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

Aug 28 On this day in history birth of alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant (d. 1900)  

Aug 28 Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns) was born in the year 1840.  

Sep 03 Jacob Fabricius, composer was born on this day in history.  

Sep 09 On this day in history birth of gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer  

Sep 14 In the year 1840 birth of george Elbridge Whiting, composer  

Sep 21 On this day in history birth of murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876)  

Sep 26 In the year 1840 birth of louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician (d. 1923)  

Sep 27 In the year 1840 birth of alfred Thayer Mahan, US, naval officer (Influence of Sea Power)  

Sep 27 On this day in history birth of thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America  

Sep 28 Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army) was born in the year 1840.  

Sep 28 In the year 1840 birth of rudolf Baumbach, Thuringia [Germany], writer of student drinking songs  

Sep 30 Johan Severin Svendsen, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 04 In the year 1840 birth of charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer  

Oct 05 On this day in history birth of fran Gerbic, composer  

Oct 05 In the year 1840 birth of john Addington Symonds, Brit historian/writer (Probs in Greek Ethics)  

Oct 09 In the year 1840 birth of simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905)  

Oct 12 Helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian was born on this day in history.  

Oct 15 Honoré Mercier, politician and premier of Quebec (d. 1894) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 16 Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900) was born in the year 1840.  

Oct 30 On this day in history birth of carlotta Patti, Italian soprano  

Oct 30 In the year 1840 birth of william G Sumner, US sociologist/political analyst  

Nov 09 In the year 1840 birth of joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1898)  

Nov 12 On this day in history birth of auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker)  

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

Nov 15 Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27] was born in the year 1840.  

Nov 16 On this day in history birth of frederick Scotson Clark, composer  

Nov 21 In the year 1840 birth of victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia  

Nov 25 On this day in history birth of hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement)  

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

Nov 30 On this day in history birth of henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928)  

Dec 04 In the year 1840 birth of crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (d. 1877)  

Dec 07 Hermann Goetz, composer was born on this day in history.  

Dec 11 Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872) was born in the year 1840.  

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

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Jan 06 Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) died in the year 1840.  

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 In the year 1840 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 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.