Historical Events In 1840

Jan 01   On this day in history 1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC   

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

Jan 03   Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii in the year 1840.   

Jan 03   The first deep sea sounding is recorded on this day in history.   

Jan 05   John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date in the year 1840.   

Jan 10   On this day in history penny Post mail system is starts   

Jan 10   Penny Post mail system started on this day in history.   

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

Jan 18   Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1840 electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears   

Jan 18   Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1840 antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)   

Jan 19   On this day in history lT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast   

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   Dutch King Willem II crowned in the year 1840.   

Jan 21   On this day in history sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician   

Jan 22   British colonists reach New Zealand on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1840 louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer   

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

Feb 05   In the year 1840 the birth of John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire   

Feb 06   On this day in history waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand   

Feb 06   Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of NZ in the year 1840.   

Feb 10   British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg in the year 1840.   

Feb 10   On this day in history queen Victoria of England marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.   

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

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

Feb 12   In the year 1840 housatonic Railroad opens   

Feb 13   Georg Jacobi, composer in the year 1840.   

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Jan 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1840 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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1840.   

Jan 06   On this day in history death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)   

Jan 22   In the year 1840 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   On this day in history friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61   

Mar 22   On this day in history death of Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)   

Mar 28   Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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

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