Historical Events In 1840

Jan 01   1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 03   The first deep sea sounding is recorded on this day in history.   

Jan 05   John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date   

Jan 10   In the year 1840 penny Post mail system is starts   

Jan 10   In the year 1840 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   In the year 1840 electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears   

Jan 19   Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim) in the year 1840.   

Jan 19   On this day in history lT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast   

Jan 20   Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica in the year 1840.   

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   Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician on this day in history.   

Jan 22   British colonists reach New Zealand on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Feb 01   In the year 1840 the first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD.   

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

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

Feb 05   On this day in history the birth of John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire   

Feb 06   Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand in the year 1840.   

Feb 06   On this day in history waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of NZ   

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   Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris in the year 1840.   

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

Feb 12   Housatonic Railroad opens in the year 1840.   

Feb 13   In the year 1840 georg Jacobi, composer   

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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   On this day in history birth of louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)   

Jan 18   In the year 1840 birth of austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer   

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of ernst Rudorff, composer   

Jan 21   Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 22   Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) was born in the year 1840.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 19   Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died on this day in history.