Today in History for May 1840
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Months in 1840: January February March April June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 7 of 7
1st - 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued
6th - 1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain)
7th - Tornado strikes Natchez Miss, kills 317
8th - Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process
20th - York Minster was badly damaged by fire
21st - NZ became a British colony
22nd - The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 7 of 7
7th - Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk Rus, composer (1812 Overture) [NS]
10th - Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868)
11th - Filippo Capocci, composer
13th - Alphonse Daudet, writer
13th - L-M Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin of Tarascon)
24th - Frederick Walker, painter
29th - Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 8 of 8
5th - Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer, dies at 67
5th - Matthaus Fischer, composer, dies at 76
6th - Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792)
7th - Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774)
17th - Niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57
26th - Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)
27th - Niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57
30th - Dominique J de Eerens, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 59
