1840 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1840?
- January 13, 1840 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
- January 19, 1840 – Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
- January 21, 1840 – Jules Dumont d'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica.
- February 6, 1840 – Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
- February 10, 1840 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
- February 11, 1840 – Gaetano Donizetti’s opera La Fille du Régiment receives its first performance in Paris.
- March 6, 1840 – The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery opens, the first dental school.
- April 27, 1840 – Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, is laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.
- May 1, 1840 – The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
- May 6, 1840 – The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- May 7, 1840 – The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
- May 20, 1840 – York Minster is badly damaged by fire
- May 22, 1840 – The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
- June 20, 1840 – Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
- July 23, 1840 – The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
- August 1, 1840 – Labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.
- September 5, 1840 – Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s Un giorno di regno at La Scala of Milan.
- October 7, 1840 – Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
- October 14, 1840 – The Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British Army and then is sent into exile on the islands of Malta.
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