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In the year 1840
228 Notable birthdays
Ira D. Sankey
American gospel singer and composer (1840-1908).
Born August 28th, 1840 in Edinburg. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1908 at 67 years old in Brooklyn (disease).
William Wilson Hunter
Scottish historian and statistician (1840-1900).
Born July 15th, 1840 in Glasgow.
Died February 6th, 1900 at 59 years old in Oxfordshire (influenza).
Briton Rivière
British artist of huguenot descent (1840-1920).
Born August 14th, 1840 in London.
Died April 20th, 1920 at 79 years old in London.
Kuroda Kiyotaka
Japanese general (1840-1900).
Born October 16th, 1840 in Shinyashiki-chō.
Died August 23rd, 1900 at 59 years old in Mita (cerebral hemorrhage).
Francis Amasa Walker
Union army general and a commissioner of indian affairs (1840-1897).
Born July 2nd, 1840 in Boston.
Died January 5th, 1897 at 56 years old in Boston.
Sophia Jex-Blake
British physician and suffragist (1840–1912).
Born January 21st, 1840 in Hastings.
Died January 7th, 1912 at 71 years old in Mark Cross (disease).
José Manuel Balmaceda
Chilean politician and president (1840-1891).
Born July 19th, 1840 in Santo Domingo.
Died September 18th, 1891 at 51 years old in Santiago (gunshot wound).
William Thomas Sampson
Us naval officer (1840-1902).
Born February 9th, 1840 in Wayne County.
Died May 6th, 1902 at 62 years old in Washington, D.C..
John Stainer
English composer (1840–1901).
Born June 6th, 1840 in Southwark.
Died March 31st, 1901 at 60 years old in Verona.
José María Velasco Gómez Obregón
Mexican artist (1840-1912).
Born July 6th, 1840 in Temascalcingo de José María Velasco.
Died August 26th, 1912 at 72 years old in Mexico City.
Dwijendranath Tagore
Indian poet, song composer, philosopher, mathematician, painter (1840–1926).
Born March 11th, 1840 in Kolkata.
Died January 19th, 1926 at 85 years old in Santiniketan.
Dmitry Karakozov
Russian assassin (1840-1866).
Born November 4th, 1840 in Kostroma, Zhmakino.
Died September 15th, 1866 at 25 years old in Saint Petersburg (hanging to death).
Johan Svendsen
Norwegian composer and conductor (1840–1911).
Born September 30th, 1840 in Oslo.
Died June 14th, 1911 at 70 years old in Copenhagen.
Célestine Galli-Marié
French mezzo-soprano (1837–1905).
Born November 21st, 1840 in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1905 at 64 years old in Vence. [ref]
Constance Fenimore Woolson
American writer (1840-1894).
Born March 5th, 1840 in Claremont.
Died January 24th, 1894 at 53 years old in Venice (falling).
Gabriel von Max
German painter (1840–1915).
Born August 23rd, 1840 in Prague. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1915 at 75 years old in Munich. [ref]
Henry Arthur Blake
12th governor of hong kong (1840–1918).
Born January 8th, 1840 in Limerick.
Died February 23rd, 1918 at 78 years old in Myrtle Grove.
Xuyun
Chán buddhist master (1840–1959).
Born August 26th, 1840 in Quanzhou.
Died October 13th, 1959 at 119 years old in Zhenru Temple.
Shimazu Tadayoshi
[島津忠義] daimyo of the late-edo period and peerage of the empire of japan.
Born May 22nd, 1840 in Kagoshima Castle.
Died December 26th, 1897 at 57 years old in Japan.
Titu Maiorescu
Romanian literary critic, writer and politician (1840-1917).
Born February 15th, 1840 in Craiova.
Died June 18th, 1917 at 77 years old in Bucharest.
Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner
Anglo-hungarian orientalist.
Born October 14th, 1840 in Pest.
Died March 23rd, 1899 at 58 years old in Bonn.
Cesare Maccari
Italian painter and sculptor (1840-1919).
Died August 7th, 1919 at 79 years old in Rome.
Benjamin Baker
British engineer (1840–1907).
Born March 31st, 1840 in Bath.
Died May 19th, 1907 at 67 years old in Pangbourne.
Edward Hobart Seymour
British royal navy officer (1840-1929).
Born April 30th, 1840 in Kinwarton.
Died March 2nd, 1929 at 88 years old in Maidenhead.
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