Timeline October 1840

Events in October 1840 2

• 1782 – 1840 Niccolò Paganini Violin virtuoso & composer Italian violinist and composer whose dazzling technique revolutionised violin playing. His 24 Caprices remain among the most challenging violin works ever written.
• 1840 – 1849 William II King during constitutional reform William II accepted major constitutional reforms that transformed the Netherlands into a parliamentary democracy.