Historical Events In 1840

Jan 01   In the year 1840 1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1840 father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii   

Jan 03   On this day in history the first deep sea sounding is recorded   

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   In the year 1840 penny Post mail system is starts   

Jan 10   On this day in history penny Post mail system started   

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   On this day in history austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer   

Jan 18   Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears on this day in history.   

Jan 18   On this day in history electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears   

Jan 19   Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim) on this day in history.   

Jan 19   LT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 22   In the year 1840 british colonists reach New Zealand.   

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

Jan 23   Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated on this day in history.   

Feb 01   The first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) on this day in history.   

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   Queen Victoria of England marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in the year 1840.   

Feb 11   On this day in history 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   On this day in history housatonic Railroad opens   

Feb 13   Georg Jacobi, composer on this day in history.   

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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   In the year 1840 birth of john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

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 in the year 1840.   

Jan 18   In the year 1840 birth of ernst Rudorff, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) died in the year 1840.   

Jan 22   Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) died in the year 1840.   

Mar 02   Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81 in the year 1840.   

Mar 12   On this day in history friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61   

Mar 22   In the year 1840 death of Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)   

Mar 28   Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 in the year 1840.   

Mar 30   On this day in history george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies   

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