Page 5: Historical Events In 1840

Oct 05   Fran Gerbic, composer in the year 1840.   

Oct 07   In the year 1840 willem I resigns as king of Netherlands   

Oct 08   On this day in history 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

Oct 08   On this day in history first Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

Oct 12   In the year 1840 helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian   

Oct 14   Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta on this day in history.   

Oct 30   Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano in the year 1840.   

Nov 12   Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker) in the year 1840.   

Nov 12   On this day in history the birth of Auguste Rodin, French sculptor   

Nov 14   In the year 1840 claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies)   

Nov 14   The birth of Claude Monet, French painter on this day in history.   

Nov 15   Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27] on this day in history.   

Nov 16   Frederick Scotson Clark, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 21   In the year 1840 victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia   

Nov 24   Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Nov 25   On this day in history hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement)   

Nov 27   In the year 1840 aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [OS=11/15]   

Dec 01   Plague in Dalmatia on this day in history.   

Dec 01   On this day in history smallpox in South Africa   

Dec 02   Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

Dec 02   On this day in history the opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)   

Dec 07   Hermann Goetz, composer in the year 1840.   

Dec 11   In the year 1840 kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872)   

Dec 17   On this day in history christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer   

Dec 21   In the year 1840 mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)   

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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   John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 10   Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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