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   Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1840 penny Post mail system is starts   

Jan 10   Penny Post mail system started in the year 1840.   

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   In the year 1840 electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears   

Jan 19   On this day in history antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)   

Jan 19   LT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast in the year 1840.   

Jan 20   Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica in the year 1840.   

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

Jan 20   On this day in history dutch King Willem II crowned   

Jan 21   Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician in the year 1840.   

Jan 22   British colonists reach New Zealand in the year 1840.   

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

Jan 23   On this day in history ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)   

Feb 01   On this day in history baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated   

Feb 01   In the year 1840 the first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD.   

Feb 02   In the year 1840 louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer   

Feb 05   On this day in history 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   Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand in the year 1840.   

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

Feb 10   On this day in history british queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Housatonic Railroad opens in the year 1840.   

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 in the year 1840.   

Jan 05   In the year 1840 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 in the year 1840.   

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

Jan 22   In the year 1840 birth of ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)   

Jan 23   On this day in history birth of ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)   

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   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   On this day in history simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89   

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

Apr 19   On this day in history death of jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)