1840 Calendar
A year scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

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Historical Event(s)

– The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
– Jules Dumont d'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica.
– Gaetano Donizetti’s opera La Fille du Régiment receives its first performance in Paris.
– Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, is laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.
– The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
– The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
– York Minster is badly damaged by fire
– Labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.
– Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s Un giorno di regno at La Scala of Milan.
– The Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British Army and then is sent into exile on the islands of Malta.

Who Were Born On ?

– Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (d. 1921)
– Hiram Stevens Maxim, American inventor (Maxim gun) (d. 1916)
– Titu Maiorescu, Romanian Prime Minister (d. 1917)
– Myles Keogh, American soldier of fortune (d. 1876)
– Edward Whymper, English mountaineer (d. 1911)
– Alphonse Daudet, French novelist (d. 1897)
– Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d. 1913)
– Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German psychologist (d. 1902)
– Louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician (d. 1923)
– Henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928)