{--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 In the year 1840 birth of ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns)  

Sep 03 In the year 1840 birth of jacob Fabricius, composer  

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

Sep 14 George Elbridge Whiting, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Sep 26 Louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician (d. 1923) was born in the year 1840.  

Sep 27 On this day in history birth of alfred Thayer Mahan, US, naval officer (Influence of Sea Power)  

Sep 27 In the year 1840 birth of thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America  

Sep 28 Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 28 On this day in history 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 Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer was born in the year 1840.  

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

Oct 05 On this day in history birth of john Addington Symonds, Brit historian/writer (Probs in Greek Ethics)  

Oct 09 Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905) was born in the year 1840.  

Oct 12 In the year 1840 birth of helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 30 Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano was born on this day in history.  

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

Nov 09 On this day in history 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 In the year 1840 birth of claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies)  

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

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

Nov 21 Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia was born on this day in history.  

Nov 25 Hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement) was born on this day in history.  

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

Nov 30 Henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 04 Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (d. 1877) was born in the year 1840.  

Dec 07 In the year 1840 birth of hermann Goetz, composer  

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

Dec 17 Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer was born in the year 1840.  

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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 in the year 1840.  

Mar 02 In the year 1840 heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81  

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 In the year 1840 simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89  

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)