Famous Birthdays In 1840

Jan 03 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 02 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer was born in the year 1840.  

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

Feb 05 John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire) was born in the year 1840.  

Feb 11 Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884 was born in the year 1840.  

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

Feb 22 F August Bebel, German social-democrat was born on this day in history.  

Feb 23 Carl Menger, Austrian economist was born on this day in history.  

Feb 25 In the year 1840 birth of alexis Hollander, composer  

Feb 25 In the year 1840 birth of otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories)  

Feb 28 Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 29 On this day in history birth of john Philip Holland, father of modern submarine  

Feb 29 John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building was born on this day in history.  

Mar 05 On this day in history 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 in the year 1840.  

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

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 26 Carli Zoeller, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 26 In the year 1840 birth of george Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script))  

Mar 28 Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria) was born in the year 1840.  

Mar 31 On this day in history birth of john Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

Apr 02 Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902) was born in the year 1840.  

Apr 11 John Conrad Nordqvist, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 02 In the year 1840 heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81  

Mar 12 Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1840.  

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

Mar 28 On this day in history 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.