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In the year 1840
228 Notable birthdays
Akaki Tsereteli
Georgian writer (1840-1915).
Born June 21st, 1840 in Skhvitori.
Died February 8th, 1915 at 74 years old in Sachkhere.
Dmitry Pisarev
Russian journalist (1840–1868).
Born October 14th, 1840 in Znamenskoe.
Died July 16th, 1868 at 27 years old in Jūrmala (drowning).
Eugene Schuyler
American scholar, writer, explorer and diplomat (1840–1890).
Born February 26th, 1840 in Ithaca.
Died July 16th, 1890 at 50 years old in Venice (malaria).
Abraham Goldfaden
Russian-born jewish poet and playwright (1840–1908).
Born July 24th, 1840 in Starokostiantyniv.
Died January 9th, 1908 at 67 years old in New York City.
William Henry Conley
American industrialist, and first president of zion's watch tower tract society (1840-1897).
Born June 11th, 1840 in Pittsburgh.
Died July 25th, 1897 at 57 years old in Pittsburgh (influenza).
Mirza Nasrullah Khan
First iranian prime minister (1840-1907).
Born October 17th, 1840 in Nain.
Died September 13th, 1907 at 66 years old in Tehran.
Edward Henry Palmer
British orientalist (1840-1882).
Born August 7th, 1840 in Cambridge.
Died August 10th, 1882 at 42 years old in Sinai Peninsula.
Hippolyte Bernheim
French physician and neurologist (1840-1919).
Born April 17th, 1840 in Mulhouse. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1919 at 78 years old in Paris. [ref]
Alfred Percy Sinnett
British writer and theosophist (1840-1921).
Born January 18th, 1840 in London.
Died June 26th, 1921 at 81 years old
Per Teodor Cleve
Swedish chemist who discovered holmium and thulium (1840-1905).
Born February 10th, 1840 in Storkyrkoförsamlingen.
Died June 18th, 1905 at 65 years old in Uppsala, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
José Gabriel Brochero
Argentinian presbyter and saint (1840–1914).
Born March 16th, 1840 in Villa Santa Rosa.
Died January 26th, 1914 at 73 years old in Villa Cura Brochero (leprosy).
Honoré Mercier
Canadian politician (1840-1894).
Born October 15th, 1840 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Died October 30th, 1894 at 54 years old in Montreal.
Edward S. Ellis
Novelist, nonfiction writer (1840-1916).
Born April 11th, 1840 in Geneva.
Died June 20th, 1916 at 76 years old in Cliff Island.
Friedrich Kohlrausch
German physicist (1840-1910).
Born October 14th, 1840 in Rinteln.
Died January 17th, 1910 at 69 years old in Marburg.
Hilarión Daza
President of bolivia (1840-1894).
Born January 14th, 1840 in Sucre.
Died February 27th, 1894 at 54 years old in Uyuni.
Nozu Michitsura
Japanese politician (1840-1908).
Born December 17th, 1840 in Kagoshima.
Died October 18th, 1908 at 67 years old in Tokyo.
Émile Lemoine
French mathematician and civil engineer (1840–1912).
Born November 22nd, 1840 in Quimper.
Died December 21st, 1912 at 72 years old in Paris. [ref]
Jehan Georges Vibert
French academic painter (1840-1902).
Born September 30th, 1840 in rue de Lancry.
Died July 26th, 1902 at 61 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Benjamin Altman
Art collector and founder b. altman & co. (1840-1913).
Born July 12th, 1840 in New York City.
Died October 7th, 1913 at 73 years old in New York City.
Henri Cazalis
French physician, symbolist poet and orientalist (1840-1909).
Born March 9th, 1840 in Cormeilles-en-Parisis.
Died July 1st, 1909 at 69 years old in Geneva.
André Gill
French caricaturist (1840-1885).
Born October 17th, 1840 in Paris.
Died May 1st, 1885 at 44 years old in Charenton-le-Pont.
Rhoda Broughton
Welsh novelist (1840–1920).
Born November 29th, 1840 in Denbigh.
Died June 5th, 1920 at 79 years old in Oxford.
Iakob Gogebashvili
Georgian writer and journalist.
Born October 27th, 1840 in Variani.
Died June 14th, 1912 at 71 years old in Tbilisi.
Henry Markham
Governor of california (1840-1923).
Born November 16th, 1840 in Wilmington.
Died October 9th, 1923 at 82 years old in Pasadena. [ref]
John Brashear
American astronomer and instrument builder (1840–1920).
Born November 24th, 1840 in Brownsville.
Died April 8th, 1920 at 79 years old
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