Page 4: Historical Events In 1840

Jul 04   On this day in history the Cunard Line's 700 ton wooden paddle steamer RMS Britannia departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the first transatlantic crossing with a scheduled end.   

Jul 06   Christian Hebbel's "Judith," premieres in Berlin in the year 1840.   

Jul 12   Abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist on this day in history.   

Jul 15   On this day in history england, Russia, Austria & Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance   

Jul 22   In the year 1840 josef Jawurek, composer, dies at 83   

Jul 23   Frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

Jul 23   In the year 1840 union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada   

Jul 25   On this day in history flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution   

Jul 27   On this day in history ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

Aug 01   On this day in history aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer   

Aug 01   On this day in history labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.   

Aug 10   In the year 1840 the 'Star of the East' first known balloon to fly in Canada.   

Aug 13   On this day in history giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)   

Aug 14   In the year 1840 baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist   

Aug 17   On this day in history wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League)   

Aug 18   In the year 1840 antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73   

Aug 18   Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (NY) in the year 1840.   

Aug 24   In the year 1840 joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89   

Aug 25   In the year 1840 k L Immermann, writer, dies at 44   

Aug 27   On this day in history william Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office   

Aug 28   9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails on this day in history.   

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

Sep 03   In the year 1840 jacob Fabricius, composer   

Sep 08   John H van de Palm, theologist/literature/speaker, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Sep 09   Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer in the year 1840.   

Sep 12   Composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck on this day in history.   

Sep 14   George Elbridge Whiting, composer in the year 1840.   

Sep 15   In the year 1840 franz Xaver Pechacek, composer, dies at 47   

Sep 21   Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876) on this day in history.   

Sep 25   On this day in history jacques-Etienne-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duc de Tarente, soldier   

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

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

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

Oct 04   On this day in history charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer   

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

Jan 10   Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born in the year 1840.   

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

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   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   In the year 1840 death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)   

Jan 22   On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)   

Mar 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)