Historical Events In 1840

Oct 05   On this day in history fran Gerbic, composer   

Oct 07   Willem I resigns as king of Netherlands on this day in history.   

Oct 08   In the year 1840 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed   

Oct 08   First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 12   On this day in history auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker)   

Nov 12   The birth of Auguste Rodin, French sculptor in the year 1840.   

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

Nov 14   On this day in history the birth of Claude Monet, French painter   

Nov 15   Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [NS=11/27] in the year 1840.   

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

Nov 21   On this day in history victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia   

Nov 24   In the year 1840 cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82   

Nov 25   In the year 1840 hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement)   

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

Dec 01   Plague in Dalmatia in the year 1840.   

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 11   On this day in history kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872)   

Dec 17   Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer in the year 1840.   

Dec 21   On this day in history mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)   

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Jan 03   Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born in the year 1840.   

Jan 05   In the year 1840 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   Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1840 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 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1840 george (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies   

Apr 19   Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777) died on this day in history.