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Decades: 1810s  1820s  1830s  - 1840s -  1850s  1860s  1870s
Years:1837 1838 1839 - 1840 - 1841 1842 1843


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Year 1840 (MDCCCXL) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1840

January - March

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January 13: Steamship Lexington sinks.

April - June

July - September

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July 4: RMS Britannia.

October - December

Undated

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The frigate Belle-Poule brings back the remains of Napoléon to France.

Ongoing events

Births

1840 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1840
MDCCCXL
Ab urbe condita2593
Armenian calendar1289
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Bah' calendar-4 – -3
Buddhist calendar2384
Chinese calendar4476/4536-7-25
(己亥年七月廿五日)
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4477/4537-7-5
(庚子年七月初五日)
Coptic calendar1556 – 1557
Ethiopian calendar1832 – 1833
Hebrew calendar 5600 – 5601
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1895 – 1896
 - Shaka Samvat1762 – 1763
 - Kali Yuga4941 – 4942
Holocene calendar11840
Iranian calendar1218 – 1219
Islamic calendar1256 – 1257
Japanese calendarTenpō 0
(天保0年)
 - Imperial YearKōki 2500
(皇紀2500年)
Julian calendar1885
Korean calendar4173
Thai solar calendar2383
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July - December

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Deaths

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July - December

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1840 in archaeology

Explorations

  • John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood explore ruins of the Maya civilization including Quiriguá, Gumarcaj, Palenque, and Uxmal.

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See also: , 1850 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Writing about cricket in particular, John Leach (2005a) has explained the role of Puritan power, the Civil War, and the Restoration of the monarchy in England.
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1840.

Events

May events

  • May 11 - The London and South Western Railway opens its original main line throughout to Southampton (England).

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See also: 1839 in Australia, other events of 1840, 1841 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:
  • Governor of New South Wales - Sir George Gipps
  • Governor of Queensland -

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See also: 1839 in Canada, other events of 1840, 1841 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

  • May 6 - Postage stamps come into use.
  • June 10 - Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are shot at.
  • June 28 - Queen Victoria is crowned.

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See also: 1839 in Ireland, 1841 in Ireland

Events

  • The Palm House in Belfast Botanic Gardens is completed. It is one of the earliest examples of a curvilinear cast iron glasshouse in the world.

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