Births on August 14

Richard von Krafft-Ebing

Born on August 14, 1840

Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychologist and author (d. 1902)

Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (full name Richard Fridolin Joseph Freiherr Krafft von Festenberg auf Frohnberg, genannt von Ebing; 1840–1902) was a German psychiatrist and author of the foundational work Psychopathia Sexualis (1886).

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Events on 1840

10 Feb

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
11 Feb

La fille du régiment
Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
22 May

New South Wales
The transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
23 Jul

Act of Union 1840
The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
11 Oct

Bashir Shihab II
The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.

Births on August 14

Richard von Krafft-Ebing

Born on August 14, 1840

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Events on 1840

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

La fille du régiment

New South Wales

Act of Union 1840

Bashir Shihab II