1840 Calendar
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1840 Historical Event(s)
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.
May 7, 1840
– The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
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.
Who Were Born On 1840?
January 3, 1840
– Father Damien, Flemish missionary (d. 1889)
February 5, 1840
– Hiram Stevens Maxim, American inventor (Maxim gun) (d. 1916)
March 25, 1840
– Myles Keogh, American soldier of fortune (d. 1876)
May 10, 1840
– Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1868)
May 12, 1840
– Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean military, participated on Battle of Huamachuco (d. 1912)
June 3, 1840
– Michael O'Laughlen, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1867)
October 12, 1840
– Helena Modjeska, Polish actress (d. 1909)
November 14, 1840
– Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926)
November 21, 1840
– Victoria, Princess Royal of Great Britain and German Empress (d. 1901)
November 30, 1840
– Henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928)