Historical Events In 1840

Jan 01   1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC in the year 1840.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 1st deep sea sounding   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history the first deep sea sounding is recorded   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date   

Jan 10   Penny Post mail system is starts in the year 1840.   

Jan 10   In the year 1840 penny Post mail system started   

Jan 13   In the year 1840 the steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.   

Jan 18   Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer in the year 1840.   

Jan 18   On this day in history electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears   

Jan 18   On this day in history electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears   

Jan 19   Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim) in the year 1840.   

Jan 19   LT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast on this day in history.   

Jan 20   On this day in history dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica   

Jan 20   On this day in history dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica   

Jan 20   In the year 1840 dutch King Willem II crowned   

Jan 21   In the year 1840 sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician   

Jan 22   In the year 1840 british colonists reach New Zealand.   

Jan 22   On this day in history the first British colonists arrive at Port Nicholson, New Zealand.   

Jan 23   Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) in the year 1840.   

Feb 01   Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated in the year 1840.   

Feb 01   On this day in history the first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD.   

Feb 02   Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer on this day in history.   

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

Feb 05   The birth of John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1840 waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand   

Feb 06   In the year 1840 waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of NZ   

Feb 10   In the year 1840 british queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg   

Feb 10   Queen Victoria of England marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in the year 1840.   

Feb 11   Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris in the year 1840.   

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

Feb 12   Housatonic Railroad opens on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 10   In the year 1840 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)   

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

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 in the year 1840.   

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

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

Mar 22   Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798) died on this day in history.   

Mar 28   In the year 1840 simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89   

Mar 30   George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 19   Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died on this day in history.