Famous Deaths for Year 1840
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Months in Year 1840: January March April May June July August September November December
Deaths 1 - 34 of 34
Jan 6th - Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)
Jan 22nd - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)
Mar 2nd - Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids), dies at 81
Mar 12th - Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61
Mar 22nd - Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)
Mar 28th - Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89
Mar 30th - George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies
Apr 19th - Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)
Apr 25th - Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (b. 1781)
May 5th - Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer, dies at 67
May 5th - Matthaus Fischer, composer, dies at 76
May 6th - Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792)
May 7th - Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774)
May 17th - Niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57
May 26th - Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764)
May 27th - Niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57
May 30th - Dominique J de Eerens, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 59
Jun 6th - Marcellin Champagnat, French priest (b. 1789)
Jun 7th - Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia (1797-1840), dies at 69
Jun 19th - John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrial/orangist, dies at 50
Jun 25th - Leopold count of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician, dies at 82
Jun 29th - Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano, dies at 65
Surgeon Karl Ferdinand von Graefe (Jul 4th)
Jul 4th - Karl Ferdinand von Graefe, German surgeon who helped create modern plastic surgery dies at 53
Jul 22nd - Josef Jawurek, composer, dies at 83
Jul 23rd - Frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55
Aug 18th - Antony CW Staring, Dutch patriot/poet (Jaromir), dies at 73
Aug 24th - Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89
Aug 25th - K L Immermann, writer, dies at 44
Aug 27th - William Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office
Sep 8th - John H van de Palm, theologist/literature/speaker, dies at 77
Sep 15th - Franz Xaver Pechacek, composer, dies at 47
Sep 25th - Jacques-Etienne-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duc de Tarente, soldier
Nov 24th - Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82
Dec 11th - Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771)
