Historical Events In 1840

Jan 01   1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC in the year 1840.   

Jan 03   1st deep sea sounding in the year 1840.   

Jan 03   In the year 1840 father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1840 john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

Jan 05   Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date in the year 1840.   

Jan 10   Penny Post mail system is starts on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Penny Post mail system started on this day in history.   

Jan 13   The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives in the year 1840.   

Jan 18   Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer on this day in history.   

Jan 18   On this day in history electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears   

Jan 18   Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, first US electrical journal, appears on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1840 antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)   

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   Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Dutch King Willem II crowned on this day in history.   

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

Jan 22   On this day in history british colonists reach New Zealand.   

Jan 22   The first British colonists arrive at Port Nicholson, New Zealand in the year 1840.   

Jan 23   On this day in history ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)   

Feb 01   On this day in history baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated   

Feb 01   The first U.S. college of Dentistry is chartered in Baltimore, MD on this day in history.   

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

Feb 05   Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) in the year 1840.   

Feb 05   In the year 1840 the birth of John Dunlop, Scottish inventor of pneumatic bicycle tire   

Feb 06   Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 12   In the year 1840 housatonic Railroad opens   

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

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 18   Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Ernst Rudorff, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)   

Jan 23   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1840.   

Mar 12   On this day in history friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61   

Mar 22   In the year 1840 death of Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)   

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 in the year 1840.