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This year in history
In the year 1840

	February 29th	Irish inventor, John Philip Holland, was born in Liscannor. He was the engineer who invented and constructed the first submarine.
	May 27th	Italian violinist and composer, Nicolo Paganini, died at the age of 68. He is considered as one of the greatest violinists who ever lived.
	July 4th	The first transatlantic passenger cruiser, MS Britannia, departs from Liverpool, England, bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia.
	November 14th	French painter, Claude Monet, was born in Paris. He is one of the most famous Impressionist painters. The Impressionism movement derives its name from the title of one of his paintings, Impression, Sunrise.

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