In history, year 1840 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1840.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1840:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 21 january | The French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville discovered AdélieLand, Antarctica. |
| 10 february | Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha married Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom at the Chapel Royal, becoming prince-consort. |
| 01 may | The United Kingdom issued the Penny Black, theworld's first official adhesive postage stamp. |
| 20 june | Samuel Morse received the patent for the telegraph. Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American painter and inventor. Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of the Morse code, and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy. |
| 01 May | The world's first postage stamp was issued in Great Britain, with a portrait of Queen Victoria of Britain printed on it. The postage stamp was printed on a small square paper in black and was priced at a penny. |
| 06 May | Penny Black released the first stamp in Britain. |
| 20 June | Samuel Morse patented the Telegraph. |
| 07 October | Willem II became King of the Netherlands. |
| 16 December | 19 years after his death, the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was cremated. |
| 29 February | Irish-American scientist John Philip Holland was born. Who are considered to be the father of modern submarines. In 1898, he built the first underwater American vessel called Holland. |
| 10 January | The Uniform Penny Post was launched in the United Kingdom. |
| 10 February | Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom married cousin Prince Albert to Saxe-Coburg and Goth. |
| 01 March | Adolphe Thiers became Prime Minister of France. |
| 15 April | King's College Hospital opened in London. |
| 21 May | New Zealand was declared a British colony. |
| 20 June | Samuel Morse patented the Telegraph. |
| 23 July | Provinces of Canada made by act of association. |
| 28 August | Nine Jewish prisoners released from Damascus prison. |
| 16 September | Hand-drawn works and papers relating to the Joseph Strud Derby Arboretum), which became England's first public park. |
| 07 October | Willem II became King of the Netherlands. |
| 04 November | In the US presidential election, William Henry Harrison defeated Martin von Buren. |
| 02 December | William Henry Harrison was sworn in as the 9th President of the United States. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1840:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 06 July | José María Velasco Gómez / Academic / Mexico |
| 09 November | Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau / Politician / Canada |
| 10 June | Theodor Philipsen / Painter / Denmark |
| 12 October | Helena Modjeska / Actress / United States of America |
| 12 November | Auguste Rodin / Sculptor / France |
| 14 August | Richard von Krafft-Ebing / Author / Germany |
| 14 November | Claude Monet / Painter / France |
| 16 October | Kuroda Kiyotaka / Politician / Japan |
| 18 March | William Cosmo Monkhouse / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 18 January | Henry Austin Dobson / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 20 March | Illarion Pryanishnikov / Painter / Russia |
| 20 April | Odilon Redon / Painter / France |
| 24 October | Eliza Pollock / Archer / United States of America |
| 25 March | Myles Keogh / Colonel / Ireland |
| 25 August | George C. Magoun / Business Man / United States of America |
| 26 September | Louis-Olivier Taillon / Politician / Canada |
| 27 September | Thomas Nast / Cartoonist / United States of America |
| 27 September | Alfred Thayer Mahan / Historian / United States of America |
| 28 August | Alexander Cameron Sim / Business Man / Scotland |
| 28 February | Henri Duveyrier / Explorer / France |
