Historical Events In 1840

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

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

Jan 03   On this day in history father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii   

Jan 03   The first deep sea sounding is recorded in the year 1840.   

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

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

Jan 10   On this day in history penny Post mail system is starts   

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   In the year 1840 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   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician   

Jan 22   British colonists reach New Zealand in the year 1840.   

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

Jan 23   Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated in the year 1840.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand   

Feb 06   In the year 1840 waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of NZ   

Feb 10   In the year 1840 british queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg   

Feb 10   Queen Victoria of England marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha on this day in history.   

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   Housatonic Railroad opens in the year 1840.   

Feb 13   On this day in history georg Jacobi, composer   

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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   On this day in history birth of john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

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   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.   

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 in the year 1840.   

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

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

Mar 28   Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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.