Page 5: Historical Events In 1840

Oct 05   Fran Gerbic, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 07   In the year 1840 willem I resigns as king of Netherlands   

Oct 08   1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed in the year 1840.   

Oct 08   On this day in history first Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

Oct 12   Helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian in the year 1840.   

Oct 14   On this day in history maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta.   

Oct 30   In the year 1840 carlotta Patti, Italian soprano   

Nov 12   Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker) on this day in history.   

Nov 12   The birth of Auguste Rodin, French sculptor in the year 1840.   

Nov 14   In the year 1840 claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies)   

Nov 14   The birth of Claude Monet, French painter on this day in history.   

Nov 15   Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27] in the year 1840.   

Nov 16   In the year 1840 frederick Scotson Clark, composer   

Nov 21   Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia in the year 1840.   

Nov 24   Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82 in the year 1840.   

Nov 25   On this day in history hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement)   

Nov 27   In the year 1840 aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [OS=11/15]   

Dec 01   On this day in history plague in Dalmatia   

Dec 01   On this day in history smallpox in South Africa   

Dec 02   In the year 1840 gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris   

Dec 02   The opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris) in the year 1840.   

Dec 07   Hermann Goetz, composer in the year 1840.   

Dec 11   Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872) on this day in history.   

Dec 17   Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 21   Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan) 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   John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)   

Jan 18   In the year 1840 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 in the year 1840.   

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

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   Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 in the year 1840.   

Mar 12   Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies   

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