Historical Events In 1840

Oct 05   On this day in history fran Gerbic, composer   

Oct 07   Willem I resigns as king of Netherlands on this day in history.   

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

Oct 08   First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed in the year 1840.   

Oct 12   On this day in history helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian   

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   On this day in history auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker)   

Nov 12   On this day in history the birth of Auguste Rodin, French sculptor   

Nov 14   Claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies) in the year 1840.   

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] on this day in history.   

Nov 16   In the year 1840 frederick Scotson Clark, composer   

Nov 21   On this day in history victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia   

Nov 24   Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Nov 25   Hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement) on this day in history.   

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

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) in the year 1840.   

Dec 17   Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer in the year 1840.   

Dec 21   In the year 1840 mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)   

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

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   Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) was born in the year 1840.   

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

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

Jan 22   Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) died on this day in history.   

Mar 02   Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Mar 12   In the year 1840 friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61   

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

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

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

Apr 19   Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died in the year 1840.