{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1840

Jan 03 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born in the year 1840.  

Jan 05 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of ernst Rudorff, composer  

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

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

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

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

Feb 05 In the year 1840 birth of hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)  

Feb 05 On this day in history birth of john Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire)  

Feb 11 On this day in history birth of sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884  

Feb 13 On this day in history birth of georg Jacobi, composer  

Feb 22 F August Bebel, German social-democrat was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 23 Carl Menger, Austrian economist was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 25 Alexis Hollander, composer was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 25 Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories) was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 28 Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892) was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 29 John Philip Holland, father of modern submarine was born on this day in history.  

Feb 29 On this day in history birth of john Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building  

Mar 05 In the year 1840 birth of constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)  

Mar 08 On this day in history birth of franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor  

Mar 11 Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.  

Mar 16 Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 18 On this day in history birth of william Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901)  

Mar 20 On this day in history birth of illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)  

Mar 25 On this day in history birth of myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876)  

Mar 25 Myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier in U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment & Irish Soldier of Fortune (d. 1876) was born in the year 1840.  

Mar 26 In the year 1840 birth of carli Zoeller, composer  

Mar 26 George Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script)) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 28 In the year 1840 birth of mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria)  

Mar 31 John Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born in the year 1840.  

Apr 02 On this day in history birth of Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902)  

Apr 11 On this day in history birth of john Conrad Nordqvist, composer  

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

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