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

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 in the year 1840.  

Jan 10 In the year 1840 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 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 Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 05 John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 11 In the year 1840 birth of sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884  

Feb 13 In the year 1840 birth of georg Jacobi, composer  

Feb 22 In the year 1840 birth of f August Bebel, German social-democrat  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 28 On this day in history birth of henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)  

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

Feb 29 In the year 1840 birth of john Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building  

Mar 05 Constance Fenimore Woolson, NH, writer (Jupiter Lights) was born in the year 1840.  

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 On this day in history birth of shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931)  

Mar 18 William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901) was born on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1840 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 George Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script)) was born in the year 1840.  

Mar 28 On this day in history birth of mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria)  

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

Apr 02 In the year 1840 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 Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) died on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Mar 22 Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798) died in the year 1840.  

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 on this day in history.