1840 in Germany explained
Events from the year 1840 in Germany
Incumbents
Events
Births
Deaths
- January 22 – Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)
- March 2 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (b. 1758), German astronomer.
- May 7 – Caspar David Friedrich, German artist (b. 1774)
- May 11 – Eduard Joseph d'Alton, German engraver and naturalist (b. 1772)
- May 14 – Carl Ludvig Engel, German-Finnish architect (b. 1778)
- June 7 – King Frederick William III of Prussia (b. 1770)
- July 4 – Karl Ferdinand von Gräfe (born 1787), German surgeon.
- July 6 – Johann Heinrich Ramberg, German painter and printmaker (b. 1763)
- July 23 – Carl Blechen, German painter, specializing in fantastic landscapes with demons and grotesque figures (b. 1798)
- August 25 – Karl Leberecht Immermann, German novelist, dramatist (b. 1796)[3]
Notes and References
- Web site: Tikkanen . Amy . 30 July 2018 . Federick William III . 2022-09-21 . Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- Book: Jankowsky . K.R. . Brown . Keith . Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics . 24 November 2005 . Elsevier . 978-0-08-054784-8 . . 2nd . 7 October 2021 . Gabelentz, H. Georg Conon von der (1840–1893) . Google Books.
- Book: Isabel T. Lublin. Primer of German Literature. 1904. Swan Sonnenschein. 213.