Page 4: Historical Events In 1840

Jul 04   In the year 1840 the Cunard Line's 700 ton wooden paddle steamer RMS Britannia departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the first transatlantic crossing with a scheduled end.   

Jul 06   Christian Hebbel's "Judith," premieres in Berlin in the year 1840.   

Jul 12   In the year 1840 abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist   

Jul 15   In the year 1840 england, Russia, Austria & Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance   

Jul 22   Josef Jawurek, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1840.   

Jul 23   Frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

Jul 23   Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada in the year 1840.   

Jul 25   In the year 1840 flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution   

Jul 27   In the year 1840 ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

Aug 01   Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer in the year 1840.   

Aug 01   Labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated on this day in history.   

Aug 10   In the year 1840 the 'Star of the East' first known balloon to fly in Canada.   

Aug 13   Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros) on this day in history.   

Aug 14   On this day in history baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist   

Aug 17   Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League) in the year 1840.   

Aug 18   Antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73 in the year 1840.   

Aug 18   Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (NY) on this day in history.   

Aug 24   On this day in history joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89   

Aug 25   K L Immermann, writer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

Aug 27   In the year 1840 william Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office   

Aug 28   9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails on this day in history.   

Aug 28   Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns) in the year 1840.   

Sep 03   In the year 1840 jacob Fabricius, composer   

Sep 08   John H van de Palm, theologist/literature/speaker, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Sep 09   In the year 1840 gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer   

Sep 12   Composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck on this day in history.   

Sep 14   George Elbridge Whiting, composer in the year 1840.   

Sep 15   Franz Xaver Pechacek, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

Sep 21   On this day in history murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876)   

Sep 25   Jacques-Etienne-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duc de Tarente, soldier on this day in history.   

Sep 27   Alfred Thayer Mahan, US, naval officer (Influence of Sea Power) on this day in history.   

Sep 28   Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army) in the year 1840.   

Sep 30   On this day in history johan Severin Svendsen, composer   

Oct 04   Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

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

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

Jan 18   In the year 1840 birth of ernst Rudorff, composer   

Jan 21   In the year 1840 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   In the year 1840 birth of ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)   

Jan 06   On this day in history death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)   

Jan 22   Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) died in the year 1840.   

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

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

Mar 22   Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798) died on this day in history.   

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

Mar 30   George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies in the year 1840.   

Apr 19   Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died in the year 1840.