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

Jan 03 In the year 1840 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 Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 18 On this day in history birth of austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer  

Jan 18 Ernst Rudorff, composer was born in the year 1840.  

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 in the year 1840.  

Jan 23 Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) was born in the year 1840.  

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

Feb 05 On this day in history birth of hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)  

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

Feb 11 Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884 was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 23 On this day in history birth of carl Menger, Austrian economist  

Feb 25 Alexis Hollander, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1840.  

Feb 29 On this day in history 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 Franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor was born on this day in history.  

Mar 11 In the year 1840 birth of edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

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 in the year 1840.  

Mar 20 Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894) was born in the year 1840.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 31 John Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.  

Apr 02 Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 11 John Conrad Nordqvist, composer was born in the year 1840.  

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Jan 06 In the year 1840 death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)  

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 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1840 death of jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)