Historical Events In 1840

Jul 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1840 christian Hebbel's "Judith," premieres in Berlin   

Jul 12   On this day in history abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist   

Jul 15   On this day in history england, Russia, Austria & Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance   

Jul 22   Josef Jawurek, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 23   In the year 1840 union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada   

Jul 25   On this day in history flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution   

Jul 27   On this day in history ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

Aug 01   On this day in history aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer   

Aug 01   Labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated in the year 1840.   

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

Aug 13   In the year 1840 giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)   

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

Aug 17   In the year 1840 wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League)   

Aug 18   Antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Aug 18   In the year 1840 organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (NY)   

Aug 24   In the year 1840 joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89   

Aug 25   K L Immermann, writer, dies at 44 in the year 1840.   

Aug 27   William Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 03   Jacob Fabricius, composer on this day in history.   

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

Sep 09   On this day in history gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer   

Sep 12   In the year 1840 composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck   

Sep 14   On this day in history george Elbridge Whiting, composer   

Sep 15   Franz Xaver Pechacek, composer, dies at 47 in the year 1840.   

Sep 21   Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876) on this day in history.   

Sep 25   In the year 1840 jacques-Etienne-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duc de Tarente, soldier   

Sep 27   In the year 1840 alfred Thayer Mahan, US, naval officer (Influence of Sea Power)   

Sep 28   In the year 1840 alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army)   

Sep 30   Johan Severin Svendsen, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 04   In the year 1840 charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, 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   In the year 1840 birth of john Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

Jan 10   In the year 1840 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history birth of sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician   

Jan 22   In the year 1840 birth of ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)   

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

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

Jan 22   In the year 1840 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   Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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   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)