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In the year 1840
228 Notable birthdays
Francišak Bahuševič
Belarusian writer (1840 – 1900).
Born March 21st, 1840 in Svironys.
Died April 28th, 1900 at 60 years old in Kušliany. [ref]
William Freeman Vilas
Union army officer and politician (1840-1908).
Born July 9th, 1840 in Chelsea.
Died August 27th, 1908 at 68 years old in Madison.
Émile Duclaux
French microbiologist and chemist (1840-1904).
Born June 24th, 1840 in Aurillac. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 1904 at 63 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Jeanna Bauck
Swedish painter (1840–1926).
Born August 19th, 1840 in Stockholm.
Died May 27th, 1926 at 85 years old in Munich.
Marko Kropyvnytskyi
Writer and actor (1840–1910).
Born May 22nd, 1840 in Kropyvnytske.
Died April 21st, 1910 at 69 years old in Kherson Governorate.
Otto Liebmann
German philosopher (1840–1912).
Born February 25th, 1840 in Lwówek Śląski.
Died January 14th, 1912 at 71 years old in Jena.
Ghazaros Aghayan
Armenian writer, educator, folklorist, historian, linguist (1840-1911).
Born April 16th, 1840 in Bolnis-Jachen.
Died July 3rd, 1911 at 71 years old in Tbilisi.
Mykhailo Starytskyi
Ukrainian writer (1840–1904).
Born December 14th, 1840 in Klishchyntsi.
Died April 27th, 1904 at 63 years old in Kyiv.
Arsène Arnaud Claretie
French writer, theatre administrator (1840-1913).
Born December 3rd, 1840 in Limoges.
Died December 23rd, 1913 at 73 years old in Paris.
Angelo de Gubernatis
Italian art critic and writer (1840–1913).
Born April 7th, 1840 in Turin.
Died February 26th, 1913 at 72 years old in Rome.
David Sharp
English physician and entomologist (1840–1922).
Born October 18th, 1840 in Towcester.
Died August 27th, 1922 at 81 years old in Brockenhurst.
Woldemar Kernig
Baltic german neurologist (1840–1917).
Born June 16th, 1840 in Saint Petersburg, Liepāja.
Died April 19th, 1917 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Louis Lartet
French scientist (1840–1899).
Born December 18th, 1840 in Castelnau-Magnoac.
Died August 14th, 1899 at 58 years old in Seissan. [ref]
Kazimierz Alchimowicz
Lithuanian-born polish romantic painter (1840-1916).
Born December 20th, 1840 in Dembrava.
Died December 31st, 1916 at 76 years old in Warsaw.
Jakub Arbes
Czech theater reviewer, publicist, bookwriter and writer.
Born June 12th, 1840 in Smíchov.
Died April 8th, 1914 at 73 years old in Smíchov (bronchopneumonia). [ref]
Franz Eilhard Schulze
German anatomist and zoologist (1840-1921).
Born March 22nd, 1840 in Eldena.
Died November 2nd, 1921 at 81 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Theodor Leber
German ophtthalmologist (1840–1917).
Born February 29th, 1840 in Karlsruhe.
Died April 17th, 1917 at 77 years old in Heidelberg.
Paul Meyer
French philologist (1840–1917).
Born January 17th, 1840 in Paris.
Died September 7th, 1917 at 77 years old in Paris, Saint-Mandé.
Marie de Castellane
French princess (1840–1915).
Born February 19th, 1840 in Paris, 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 10th, 1915 at 75 years old in Otyń.
Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf
Swedish musician (1840–1913).
Born August 24th, 1840 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 17th, 1913 at 72 years old in Munich.
Louis-Nazaire Bégin
Canadian catholic cardinal (1840–1925).
Born January 10th, 1840 in Lévis.
Died July 18th, 1925 at 85 years old in Quebec City.
Hermann Wagner
German geographer (1840–1929).
Born June 23rd, 1840 in Erlangen.
Died June 18th, 1929 at 88 years old in Bad Wildungen.
Smbat Shahaziz
Armenian poet.
Born September 17th, 1840 in Ashtarak.
Died January 5th, 1908 at 67 years old in Moscow.
Simeon Eben Baldwin
American judge (1840–1927).
Born February 5th, 1840 in New Haven.
Died January 30th, 1927 at 86 years old in New Haven.
Heinrich Brunner
Austrian legal scholar (1840–1915).
Died August 11th, 1915 at 75 years old in Bad Kissingen.
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