What Happened In April 1840 In History

Historical Events for April, 1840

• 27th » Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, is laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1840

• 2nd » Émile Zola, French author and critic (d. 1902)
• 5th » Ghazaros Aghayan, Armenian historian and linguist (d. 1911)
• 20th » Odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916)
• 27th » Edward Whymper, English mountaineer (d. 1911)

Famous Deaths for April 1840

• 17th » Hannah Webster Foster, American author (b. 1758)
• 19th » Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Canadian bishop (b. 1777)
• 25th » Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1781)

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