Today in History for April 1840
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Months in 1840: January February March May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 1 of 1
27th - Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 8 of 8
2nd - Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902)
11th - John Conrad Nordqvist, composer
12th - Edmond Audran, composer
19th - Andrea Bezzola, writer
21st - Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis)
22nd - Odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916)
25th - James Dearing, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
27th - Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 2 of 2
19th - Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)
25th - Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (b. 1781)
