1840 deaths

Spanish naval officer, explorer, and navigator

German poet and novelist (1800–1840)

member of U.S. Senate representing South Carolina in 1816

French painter (1779-1840)

Korean Roman Catholic saint and martyr

Italian art historian (1773-1840)

American politician

British Sinologist

French politician (1761-1840)

(1760-1840) United States Senator from New Jersey

American religious leader

German historian, professor and librarian

United States politician (1777-1840)

Austrian physician and botanist (1776-1840)

Dutch officer and administrator

Norwegian politician

American politician 1789-1840

Czech painter (1786-1840)

Prussian academic (1776-1840)

Belgian soldier (1757-1840)

Dutch pianist and composer

Japanese mathematician

French ballet dancer and choreographer (1758-1840)

French painter (1788-1840)

German pharmacist (1781-1840)

French anthropologist, poet and writer (1770-1840)

beatified Italian friar

German diplomat (1769-1840)

American judge (1764-1840)

English architect and garden designer (1766–1840)

Italian–Swedish–Finnish architect

German physician and medical historian (1754–1840)

Croatian General and Ban (1766–1840)

Icelandic physician and naturalist

Russian general

koran martyr, catholic saint (1819–1840)

Violinist and Composer

Prussian politician (1763-1840)

Marquis of Valença and President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal (1780-1840)

Roman Catholic Korean martyr

French surgeon

Polish-Lithuanian noble (1771-1840)

French painter (1764-1840)

U.S. Navy Officer

Professor of theology

American politician (1763-1840)

British courtesan (1790–1840)

Missionary priest in America

French politician (1754-1840)

maharajah of Nagpur (1818–1840)

Swiss philosopher (1766–1840)

Prince of Mingrelia

German writer (1757-1840)

Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1753-1840)

French journalist

French artist

koran martyr, catholic saint

French indologist

French sculptor (1757–1840)

Scottish missionary and traveller