Today in History for June 1840
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Months in 1840: January February March April May July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 2 of 2
12th - Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands
20th - Samuel Morse patents his telegraph
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 11 of 11
2nd - Thomas Hardy, England, poet/novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd)
3rd - Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Morning Twilight)
6th - John Stainer, composer
6th - William Francis Bartlett, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
7th - Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico (1864-67)
10th - Thomas Fentress Toon, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
10th - Theodor Philipsen Danish painter (d. 1920)
11th - Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser
16th - Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d. 1913)
22nd - Ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker)
24th - Louis Brassin, composer
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 5 of 5
6th - Marcellin Champagnat, French priest (b. 1789)
7th - Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia (1797-1840), dies at 69
19th - John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrial/orangist, dies at 50
25th - Leopold count of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician, dies at 82
29th - Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano, dies at 65
