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Chinese Zodiac Signs 1840 Astrology Horoscope

Year 1840 Chinese Zodiac Sign is Rat

  • Being born under the Chinese Zodiac Sign Rat people tend to be very charismatic and have great attraction towards the opposite sex. Rats make great leaders and are hardworking, but on the other side they cab be rather unpredictable.

    Percectionism is likely to be found in a Rats behaviours. Such traits combined with big ambition usually lead them to a road of success. Bad behaviours to work on would be gossiping and having a big temper. Family and friends are of great importance in a Rats life. This is also shown in generous ways towards their loved ones. Loyalty towards people close to Rats is usually guaranteed.
  • Astrology character and traits of Rat sign:
    Charming, clever, courageous, enterprising, imaginative, generous, ambitious, successful, hard workers, critical and short tempered.

1840 Zodiac Sign Rat Compatibility

  • Chinese Zodiac Signs are based upon a twelve year lunar cycle. Your zodiac animal sign is determined by your birthday year. If you were born in 1840 then your astrological sign is Rat. There are twelve animal signs. Each animal has it's own attributes and personality traits the Chinese believe comprise the nature of each particular animal.
  • Best matches for Zodiac Sign Rat are: Ox, Dragon, Monkey
  • Bad matches for Zodiac Sign Rat are: Horse, Rabbit, Rooster

Historical Events for the Year 1840

  • 13th January Star Sign » The steamship 'Steamship Lexington e.g Lexington' burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
  • 19th January Star Sign » Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
  • 6th February Star Sign » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
  • 10th February Star Sign » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
  • 27th April Star Sign » Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, is laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.
  • 1st May Star Sign » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
  • 6th May Star Sign » The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • 7th May Star Sign » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
  • 20th May Star Sign » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
  • 22nd May Star Sign » The penal transportation known as transportation of United Kingdom known as British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
  • 20th June Star Sign » Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
  • 23rd July Star Sign » The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union 1840 known as Act of Union.
  • 1st August Star Sign » Laborer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.
  • 7th October Star Sign » William II of the Netherlands e.g Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
  • 14th October Star Sign » The Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British Army and then is sent into exile on the islands of Malta.

Famous Birthdays in 1840

  • 3rd January » Father Damien, Flemish missionary and priest (d. 1889)
  • 10th January » Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (d. 1925)
  • 22nd January » Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)
  • 23rd January » Ernst Abbe, German physicist (d. 1905)
  • 5th February » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber (d. 1921)
  • 5th February » Hiram Maxim, American-English inventor, invented the Maxim gun (d. 1916)
  • 15th February » Titu Maiorescu, Romanian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1917)
  • 22nd February » August Bebel, German politician (d. 1913)
  • 23rd February » Carl Menger, Austrian economist (d. 1921)
  • 23rd February » Frederick Wicks, English author and inventor (d. 1910)
  • 28th February » Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)
  • 29th February » John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed the 'HMS Holland 1' (d. 1914)
  • 16th March » Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese businessman (d. 1931)
  • 18th March » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901)
  • 20th March » Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)
  • 25th March » Myles Keogh, Irish-American captain (d. 1876)
  • 27th March » George Fisher Baker, American financier and philanthropist (d. 1931)
  • 28th March » Emin Pasha, Egyptian physician and politician (d. 1892)
  • 2nd April » Émile Zola, French author and critic (d. 1902)
  • 5th April » Ghazaros Aghayan, Armenian historian and linguist (d. 1911)
  • 20th April » Odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916)
  • 27th April » Edward Whymper, English mountaineer (d. 1911)
  • 7th May » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and educator (d. 1893)
  • 10th May » Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian warlord (d. 1868)
  • 12th May » Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (d. 1912)
  • 13th May » Alphonse Daudet, French author (d. 1897)
  • 2nd June » Thomas Hardy, English author and poet (d. 1928)
  • 7th June » Carlota of Mexico (d. 1927)
  • 10th June » Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (d. 1920)
  • 14th June » William F. Nast, American businessman (d. 1893)
  • 16th June » Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d. 1913)
  • 6th July » José María Velasco Gómez, Mexican painter (d. 1912)
  • 3rd August » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (d. 1929)
  • 14th August » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychologist and author (d. 1902)
  • 17th August » Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist (d. 1922)
  • 21st August » Ferdinand Hamer, Dutch missionary and bishop (d. 1900)
  • 25th August » George C. Magoun, American businessman (d. 1893)
  • 28th August » Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish-Japanese pharmacist and businessman, founded Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club (d. 1900)
  • 19th September » Galen Spencer, American archer (d. 1904)
  • 21st September » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (d. 1904)
  • 26th September » Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (d. 1923)
  • 27th September » Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (d. 1914)
  • 27th September » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (d. 1902)
  • 9th October » Simeon Solomon, English painter (d. 1905)
  • 12th October » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (d. 1909)
  • 14th October » Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (d. 1868)
  • 15th October » Honoré Mercier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (d. 1894)
  • 16th October » Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900)
  • 24th October » Eliza Pollock, American archer (d. 1919)
  • 9th November » Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Quebec (d. 1898)
  • 12th November » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, created The Thinker (d. 1917)
  • 14th November » Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926)
  • 21st November » Victoria, Princess Royal of England (d. 1901)
  • 30th November » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Birks & Mayors (d. 1928)
  • 21st December » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, playwright, and activist (d. 1888)

Famous Deaths in History for 1840

  • 6th January » Fanny Burney, English author (b. 1752)
  • 22nd January » Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)
  • 22nd January » Vincent Pallotti, Italian missionary and saint (b. 1795)
  • 2nd March » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758)
  • 22nd March » Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)
  • 30th March » Beau Brummell, English fashion designer (b. 1778)
  • 17th April » Hannah Webster Foster, American author (b. 1758)
  • 19th April » Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Canadian bishop (b. 1777)
  • 25th April » Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1781)
  • 6th May » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
  • 7th May » Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774)
  • 26th May » Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer) called Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (b. 1764)
  • 27th May » Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
  • 6th June » Marcellin Champagnat, French priest and saint, founded the Marist Brothers (b. 1789)
  • 7th June » Frederick William III of Prussia (b. 1770)
  • 20th June » Pierre Claude François Daunou, French historian and politician (b. 1761)
  • 29th June » Lucien Bonaparte, French prince (b. 1775)
  • 7th September » Jacques MacDonald, French general (b. 1765)
  • 20th September » José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, Consul of Paraguay (b. 1766)
  • 11th December » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771)

Year 1840 Zodiac Signs and Birthstones by month