The Longest Pope at La Salette -1840’s

Last updated on: September 14, 2024 at 9:22 pm by Mark Wilson

The Longest Pope at La Salette -1840’s 2024-09-14T21:22:22-05:00 Mark Wilson

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Mark Twain and the Wellerman Come on a Comet – 1830 – 1839

As we enter into the 1840’s

Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) was president from
March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841

**Pope # 254 Gregory XVI (**September 18, 1765 – June 1, 1846) was on the throne of St. Peter from
(February 2, 1831 – June 1, 1846 –15 years, 119 days)

1840

Picture This

Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople – Wikipedia

Eugène Delacroix

News of the World

January 19, 1840 – Captain Charles Wilkes‘ United States Exploring Expedition sights what becomes known as Wilkes Land in the southeast quadrant of Antarctica, claiming it for the United States, and providing evidence that Antarctica is a complete continent.
April 3, 1840 – Johnny Appleseed meets Abraham Lincoln, and plants apple trees in New York City.

Arrivals

John Boyd Dunlop (February 5, 1840 – October 23, 1921) was a Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon who spent most of his career in Ireland. Familiar with making rubber devices, he invented the first practical pneumatic tyres for his child’s tricycle and developed them for use in cycle racing.

Departures

May 6, 1840 – Servant of God Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (December 22, 1770 – May 6, 1840) was an emigre Russian aristocrat and Catholic priest known as “The Apostle of the Alleghenies” and also in the United States as Prince Galitzin. He was a member of the House of Golitsyn. – American Catholic History

Publications Hot of the Press

1840 – John Wilson ( June 8, 1799 – January 22, 1870) publishes Our Israelitish Origin, a book of his lectures, in which he claimed that the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel had made their way from the Near East, across the continent of Europe, to the British Isles. He believed the Northern European people to be descended from the Ten Lost Tribes, with the people of Britain being the Tribe of Ephraim. Wilson relied on philological “evidence” of English, Scottish, and Irish words that were similar to Hebrew words, even though he lacked formal training in language or seminary. Other members of the British Israelism movement, included Edward Wheler Bird and Edward Hine.

Good Sports

The third contender Ben Caunt enhances his title claim by defeating Bill Brassey in a fight lasting 101 rounds. This victory sets up a bout with Ward the following year.

Sanctifying Time

Probe Nostis – On the Propagation of the Faith, by Pope Gregory XVI

The Sound of Music and Other Cultural Milestones

The Piano Sonata No. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 35, is a piano sonata in four movements by Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. Chopin completed the work while living in George Sand‘s manor in Nohant, some 250 km (160 mi) south of Paris, a year before it was published in 1840.