Today in History for October 1840
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Months in 1840: January February March April May June July August September November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 3 of 3
7th - Willem I resigns as king of Netherlands
8th - 1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed
14th - Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 9 of 9
4th - Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer
5th - Fran Gerbic, composer
5th - John Addington Symonds, Brit historian/writer (Probs in Greek Ethics)
9th - Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905)
12th - Helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian
15th - Honoré Mercier, politician and premier of Quebec (d. 1894)
16th - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900)
30th - Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano
30th - William G Sumner, US sociologist/political analyst
