Year 1840 (MDCCCXL) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne, 1839 state leaders - Events of 1840 - 1841 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- Portugal Angola - Manuel Eleutério Malheiro, Governor-General of Angola ( 1839 &ndash 1842) Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Leap year starting on Wednesday ( Dominical letter ED) such as 1992. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any Leap year starting on Monday ( Dominical letter GF) such as 1996. The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita

Events of 1840

January - June

January 13: Steamship Lexington sinks. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks

• January 3 - One of the predecessor papers of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia, The Port Phillip Herald, is founded. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. The Herald Sun is a morning Tabloid Newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3
• January 10 - Uniform penny postage introduced in the UK. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
• January 13 - The steamship Lexington burns and sinks in icy waters, four miles off the coast of Long Island: 139 died, only 4 survived. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks The Paddlewheel steamship Lexington was the fastest vessel which traveled from New York City to Boston, during 1835 - 1840 Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches
• January 19 - Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Charles Wilkes ( April 3, 1798 &ndash February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer and explorer. Wilkes Land is a large district of land in eastern Antarctica, formally claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, though this The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• January 20
  • Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Rear Admiral Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville ( May 23, 1790, Condé-sur-Noireau, France &ndash May 8, 1842, Adélie Land is the portion of the Antarctic coast between Pourquoi Pas Point at and Point Alden at, with a shore length of 350 km and with its hinterland
  • The first public school is established in Rockingham County
• January 22 - British colonists reach New Zealand. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Official founding date of Wellington. Wellington (ˈwælɪŋtən is the Capital of New Zealand, the country's second largest urban area, the
• February - Rhodes blood libel against the Jews of Rhodes. The Rhodes blood libel was an instance of Blood libel against Jews in which the Jews on the Ottoman Empire island of Rhodes were accused PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Rhodes (Ρόδος Ródos, ˈɾo̞ðo̞s Rodi ردوس Rodos; Ladino: Rodi or Rodes) is a Greek island
• February 5 - The murder of a Capuchin friar and his Greek servant leads to the Damascus affair, a highly publicized case of blood libel against the Jews of Damascus. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. The Damascus affair was an accusation of Ritual murder and a Blood libel against Jews in Damascus in 1840 Blood libels against Jews are false accusations that Jews use Human blood in certain aspects of their Religious rituals and holidays Although Damascus ( دمشق,, also commonly known as الشام ash-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria.
• February 6 - Treaty of Waitangi, document granting British sovereignty in New Zealand, is signed. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio The Treaty of Waitangi ( Māori: Tiriti o Waitangi) is a Treaty first signed on February 6, 1840, by representatives of the British New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
• February 10 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
• February 11 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Regiment premieres in Paris. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
• March 1
  • William Hobson, first Governor of New Zealand, suffer a stroke. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Captain William Hobson RN ( 26 September 1792 – 10 September 1842) was the first Governor of New New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
  • Adolphe Thiers becomes prime minister of France. Louis-Adolphe fr Thiers ( Marseille, 16 April 1797&ndash3 September 1877 was a French politician and Historian. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• April 15 - King's College Hospital opens in Portugal Street, London. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English King's College Hospital is an Acute care facility in the London Borough of Lambeth, referred to locally and by staff simply as "King's" or abbreviated internally
• May 1 - Britain issues the Penny Black, world's first postage stamp. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Penny Black, the world's first adhesive Postage stamp of a public postal system was issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on A postage stamp is an adhesive paper evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services
• May 6 - The Penny Black, world's first postage stamp becomes valid for the pre-payment of postage. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. The Penny Black, the world's first adhesive Postage stamp of a public postal system was issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on A postage stamp is an adhesive paper evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services
• May 7 - The Great Natchez Tornado: A massive tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi during the early afternoon hours. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses The Great Natchez Tornado was a Tornado that hit Natchez Mississippi on May 7, 1840. Natchez is the county seat of and the largest and only incorporated city within Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Before it was over, 317 people had lost their lives and 109 were injured. It is the second deadliest tornado in U. S. history.
• May 21 - New Zealand is declared a British colony. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily.

July - December

July 4: RMS Britannia. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples The RMS Britannia was an Ocean liner of the British Cunard Steamship Lines.

• July 4 - The Cunard Line's 700-ton wooden paddlewheel steamer RMS Britannia departs from Liverpool bound for Halifax , Nova Scotia on the first transatlantic passenger cruise. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Cunard Line is a British shipping company operator of the Ocean liners RMS ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' ( QE2) RMS ''Queen Mary 2'' ( Units of mass There are three similar units of Mass called the ton: Long ton (simply ton in countries such as the United The RMS Britannia was an Ocean liner of the British Cunard Steamship Lines. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary The City of Halifax (est 1841 is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's
• July 15 - Austria, Britain, Prussia, and Russia sign a London Treaty with the Sublime Porte, ruler of the Ottoman Empire. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Ottoman Porte (also Sublime Porte, High Porte, or in Ottoman Turkish, Bab-ı Ali) used to refer to the Divan (court The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish
• July 23 - The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. The Province of Canada or the United Province of Canada was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867 The Act of Union (3 & 4 Vict c 35 passed in July 1840 and proclaimed February 10, 1841, abolished the legislatures of Lower Canada and Upper Canada
• August 10 - Fortsas hoax - number of book collectors gather to Binche, Belgium to attend a non-existent book auction of the late "Count of Fortsas"
• September 10 - Ottoman and British troops bombard Beirut and land troops on the coast to pressure Egyptian Muhammad Ali to retreat from the country. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire The Fortsas hoax refers to an incident in Binche Belgium in 1840 The Hobby of collecting includes seeking locating acquiring organizing cataloging displaying storing and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector Binche is a Walloon Municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Beirut (بيروت Bayrūt) is the Capital and Largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2 This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics.
• September 16 - Joseph Strutt handed over the deeds and papers concerning the Arboretum, which was to become England's first public park. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Joseph Strutt (1765-1844 was an English Philanthropist. Background and early life Joseph was the youngest son of Jedediah Strutt of Derby Arboretum is a public Arboretum and Park in the city of Derby in England.
• September 30 - The frigate Belle-Poule arrives in Cherbourg, bringing back the remains of Napoléon from Saint Helena to France. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Saint Helena (pronounced saint he-LEE-na) named after St Helena of Constantinople, is an island of volcanic origin and a British overseas territory This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. He is buried in the Invalides. Les Invalides in Paris, France, is a complex of buildings in the city's 7th arrondissement containing Museums and monuments all relating
• October 7 - Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) William II (Willem Frederik George Lodewijk van Oranje-Nassau ( December 6, 1792 &ndash March 17, 1849) was King of the Netherlands The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands
• November 7 - William Henry Harrison defeats Martin Van Buren in the U.S. presidential election. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat This article is about the general and president For his great-great-grandson see William H Martin Van Buren (December 5 1782 July 24 1862 was the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841 The United States presidential election of 1840 saw President Martin Van Buren fight for re-election against an economic depression and a Whig Party
• December 7 - David Livingstone leaves Britain for Africa. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Dr David Livingstone (19 March 1813 &ndash 1 May 1873 was a British Congregationalist pioneer medical Missionary with the London Missionary Society
• December 7 - Stockport Viaduct (located in Greater Manchester, England) was completed in this year. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways The Stockport Viaduct is a Grade II* listed structure designed by George Watson Buck in Stockport, Greater Manchester ( Greater Manchester is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is the largest brick structure in Western Europe.

Undated

The frigate Belle-Poule brings back the remains of Napoléon to France.

• Louis Agassiz publishes his work in two volumes entitled Etudes sur les glaciers ("Study on Glaciers"), the first major work to scientifically propose that the Earth has been subject to a past ice age. Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( May 28 1807 — December 14 1873) was a Swiss - American Zoologist, Glaciologist An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the Temperature of the Earth 's surface and atmosphere resulting in an expansion of continental Ice sheets
• Pedro II is declared "of age" prematurely and begins to reassert central control in Brazil. Pedro II, (ˈpedɾu seˈgũdu December 2, 1825 December 5, 1891) was the second and last Emperor of Brazil. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld
• Mount Allison University is founded in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. Mount Allison University (also Mount A or MTA) is a primarily undergraduate Canadian liberal arts and science university situated in Sackville Sackville (2006 population 5411 is a Canadian town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
• Washingtonian Temperance Society is founded.
• First English translation of Goethe's Theory of Colours by Charles Eastlake published. Theory of Colours (original German title Zur Farbenlehre) is a book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published in 1810 Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, RA, ( 17 November 1793 – 24 December 1865) was an English painter, gallery

Ongoing events

• First Opium War (1839-1842)

Births

January - June

• January 3 - Father Damien, Belgian missionary priest (d. The First Opium War or the First Anglo-Chinese War was fought between the British East India Company and the Qing Dynasty in China from 1839 Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Bunsei and before Kōka. The period spanned the years from 1830 through 1844. The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Blessed Damien de Veuster ( January 3, 1840 &ndash April 15, 1889) born Jozef de Veuster and also known as Blessed Damien 1888)
• January 22 - Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Ernest Roland Wilberforce ( 22 January 1840, Brighstone, Isle of Wight – 9 September 1907, Bembridge, Isle 1907)
• January 23 - Ernst Abbe, German physicist (d. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Ernst Karl Abbe ( January 23, 1840 &ndash January 14, 1905) was a German Physicist and professor at the University 1905)
• January 26 - John Clayton Adams, British landscape artist (d. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. John Clayton Adams or J Clayton Adams (1840&ndash1906 was a well-known Landscape artist from Edmonton London. 1906)
• February 4 - Hiram Stevens Maxim, American firearms inventor (d. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim ( February 5, 1840 &ndash November 24, 1916) was an American born Inventor who emigrated to 1916)
• February 5 - John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. John Boyd Dunlop ( February 5, 1840 &ndash October 23, 1921) born in Scotland, was the inventor 1921)
• February 21 - Murad V, Ottoman Sultan (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Sultan Mehmed Murad V ( September 21, 1840 - August 29, 1904) (مراد الخامس was the 33rd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with 1904)
• February 22 - August Bebel, German politician (d. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne August Ferdinand Bebel ( February 22 1840 &ndash August 13 1913) was a German social democrat and one of the founders of the 1913)
• February 23 - Carl Menger, Austrian economist (d. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable This article is about the economist not about his son the mathematician Karl Menger. 1921)
• February 29 - John Philip Holland, Irish inventor (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours John Philip Holland (Seán Pilib Ó Maolchalann ( 29 February, 1840 &ndash 12 August, 1914) was an Engineer who developed the first 1914)
• March 28 - Emin Pasha, German doctor and African administrator (d. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Mehmet Emin Pasha ( March 28, 1840 &ndash October 23, 1892) born Isaak Eduard Schnitzer, baptized (c 1892)
• April 2 - Emile Zola, French writer (d. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Émile François Zola ( (2 April 1840 &ndash 29 September 1902 was an influential French Writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of 1902)
• April 22 - Odilon Redon, French painter (d. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Bertrand-Jean Redon, better known as Odilon Redon ( April 20, 1840 &ndash July 6, 1916) was a Symbolist painter and 1916)
• April 27 - Edward Whymper, English mountaineer (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Edward Whymper ( April 27, 1840 &ndash September 16, 1911) was a British illustrator Climber and Explorer 1911)
• May 7 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses 1893)
• May 13 - Alphonse Daudet, French writer (d. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Alphonse Daudet ( 13 May 1840 &ndash 16 December 1897) was a French Novelist. 1897)
• June 2 - Thomas Hardy, English writer (d. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928 was an English novelist Short story writer and poet of the naturalist movement though he saw 1928)

July - December

• August 4 - Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German sexologist (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing ( August 14 1840 &ndash December 22 1902) was an Austro-German sexologist and Psychiatrist 1902)
• October 9 - Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Simeon Solomon (b October 9, 1840 in London, England &ndash d 1905)
• October 16 - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (d. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western ( 16 October 1840 - 23 August 1900) also known as Kuroda Ryōsuke (黑田 了介 was a Japanese Politician The is the usual English-language term used for the Head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime 1900)
• November 12 - Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (d. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Auguste Rodin (born François-Auguste-René Rodin; November 12 1840–November 17 1917 was a French artist most famous as a sculptor. 1917)
• November 14 - Claude Monet, French painter (d. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Claude Monet ( French klod mɔnɛ also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (14 November 1840 &ndash 5 December 1926 was a founder 1926)
• November 21 - Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom and Empress of Germany (d. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. The Princess Victoria Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa 21 November 1840 &ndash 5 August 1901) was the eldest child and daughter 1901)
• November 29 - Rhoda Broughton, Welsh writer (d. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Rhoda Broughton ( November 20, 1840 &ndash June 5, 1920) was a Novelist. 1920)

Deaths

January - June

• January 6 - Fanny Burney, English novelist (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King For playwright Frances Burney (1776–1828 niece of novelist Fanny Burney Madame d'Arblay 1752-1840 see Frances Burney (1776–1828 Frances Burney 1752)
• January 22 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach ( May 11, 1752 – January 22, 1840) was a German doctor and Physiologist, 1752)
• February 13 - Nicolas Joseph Maison, French marshal and Minister of War (b. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Nicolas Joseph Maison 1st Marquis Maison ( December 19, 1770 - February 13, 1840) born in Épinay-sur-Seine, was a Marshal of 1770)
• April 25 - Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician, geometer, and physicist (b. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Siméon-Denis Poisson (21 June 1781 &ndash 25 April 1840 was a French Mathematician, Geometer, and Physicist. 1781)
• May 1 - Joseph Williamson, philanthropist and builder of Williamson's tunnels (b. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. 1769)
• May 6 - Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin, Russian aristocrat and priest (b. Year 1769 ( MDCCLXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin ( December 22 1770 &ndash May 6 1840) was an emigre Russian aristocrat and Catholic 1770)
• May 7 - Caspar David Friedrich, German artist (b. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Caspar David Friedrich ( September 5, 1774 &ndash May 7, 1840) was a landscape painter of the nineteenth-century German Romantic 1774)
• May 11 - Thomas Cooper, American political philosopher (b. Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Dr Thomas Cooper ( October 22, 1759 – May 11, 1840) American educationalist and political philosopher was born in London, 1759)
• May 26 - Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Sir William Sidney Smith KCB ( 21 June 1764 &ndash 26 May 1840) usually known as Sir Sidney Smith, was the British 1764)
• May 27 - Nicolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Niccolò Paganini ( October 27, 1782 &ndash 1782)
• June 7 - King Frederick William III of Prussia (b. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Early life The son of King Frederick William II of Prussia, Frederick William was born in Potsdam and became Crown Prince in 1786 when his father ascended 1770)

July - December

• July 7 - Nikolai Stankevich, philosopher and poet (b. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Nikolai Vladimirovich Stankevich (Николай Владимирович Станкевич ( Voronezh Guberniya -, Italy) was a Russian public 1813)
• August 25 - Karl Leberecht Immermann, novelist and dramatist (b. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Karl Leberecht Immermann ( April 24, 1796 - August 25, 1840) was a German Dramatist and Novelist. 1796)
• September 11 - Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, Catholic missionary and martyr in China
• September 14 - Joseph Smith, Sr., father of Joseph Smith, Jr.. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Jean-Gabriel Perboyre ( 6 January[[ 802]] &ndash 11 September 1840) was a French Catholic missionary and martyr Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Joseph Smith Sr (1771&ndash1840 was the father of Joseph Smith Jr
• September 18 - Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, polymath (b. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe ( October 22 1783 - September 18 1840) was a nineteenth-century 1783)
• September 20 - José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, first leader of independent Paraguay (b. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Dr José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia y Velasco ( January 6, 1766 &ndash September 20, 1840) was the first leader of Paraguay 1766)
• November 2 - Józef Kossakowski (colonel), Polish-Lithuanian statesman (b. Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Józef Dominik Korwin-Kossakowski of Ślepowron Coat of Arms ( 16 August 1771 in near Ukmergė - 2 November 1840 in 1771)

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