1840

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1840 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1840
MDCCCXL
Ab urbe condita 2593
Armenian calendar 1289
ԹՎ ՌՄՁԹ
Assyrian calendar 6590
Balinese saka calendar 1761–1762
Bengali calendar 1246–1247
Berber calendar 2790
British Regnal year 3  Vict. 1   4  Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar 2384
Burmese calendar 1202
Byzantine calendar 7348–7349
Chinese calendar 己亥年 (Earth  Pig)
4537 or 4330
     to 
庚子年 (Metal  Rat)
4538 or 4331
Coptic calendar 1556–1557
Discordian calendar 3006
Ethiopian calendar 1832–1833
Hebrew calendar 5600–5601
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1896–1897
 - Shaka Samvat 1761–1762
 - Kali Yuga 4940–4941
Holocene calendar 11840
Igbo calendar 840–841
Iranian calendar 1218–1219
Islamic calendar 1255–1256
Japanese calendar Tenpō 11
(天保11年)
Javanese calendar 1767–1768
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar 4173
Minguo calendar 72 before ROC
民前72年
Nanakshahi calendar 372
Thai solar calendar 2382–2383
Tibetan calendar 阴土猪年
(female Earth-Pig)
1966 or 1585 or 813
     to 
阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
1967 or 1586 or 814
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January 13: Steamship Lexington sinks.

1840 (MDCCCXL) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar  and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1840th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 840th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1840s decade. As of the start of 1840, the Gregorian calendar was 12days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Contents

Events

January–March

April–June

July–September

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July 4: RMS Britannia

October–December

The frigate Belle-Poule brings back the remains of Napoleon to France. Repatriacion de las cenizas de Napoleon a bordo de la Belle Poule, por Eugene Isabey.jpg
The frigate Belle-Poule brings back the remains of Napoleon to France.

Date unknown

Ongoing

Births

January–June

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Ernst Abbe
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John Boyd Dunlop
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Émile Zola
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Portrat des Komponisten Pjotr I. Tschaikowski (1840-1893).jpg
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Empress Carlota of Mexico

July–December

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Mary Jane Patterson
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Auguste Rodin
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Claude Monet

date unknown

Deaths

January–June

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Caspar David Friedrich
Frederick William III of Prussia Frid-Wil III Kruger.jpg
Frederick William III of Prussia

July–December

date unknown

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