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Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1810s  1820s  1830s  - 1840s -  1850s  1860s  1870s

Years: 1837 1838 1839 - 1840 - 1841 1842 1843
1840 in topic:
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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[]

Awful conflagration of the steam boat Lexington

January 13: Steamship Lexington sinks.

April - June[]

July - September[]

RMS Britannia 1840 paddlewheel

July 4: RMS Britannia.

October - December[]

Undated[]

Belle-poule-napoleon-couleur

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

Ongoing events[]

Births[]

1840 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1840
MDCCCXL

Ab urbe condita 2593
Armenian calendar 1289
ԹՎ ՌՄՁԹ
Bahá'í calendar -4 – -3
Buddhist calendar 2384
Coptic calendar 1556 – 1557
Ethiopian calendar 1832 – 1833
Hebrew calendar 5600 5601
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1895 – 1896
 - Shaka Samvat 1762 – 1763
 - Kali Yuga 4941 – 4942
Holocene calendar 11840
Iranian calendar 1218 – 1219
Islamic calendar 1255 – 1256
Japanese calendar Tenpō 11


(天保 11年)

 - Imperial Year Kōki 2500
(皇紀2500年)
Julian calendar 1885
Korean calendar 4173
Thai solar calendar 2383


January - June[]

July - December[]

See also 1840 births.

Deaths[]

January - June[]

July - December[]

See also 1840 deaths.

People of the year 1840 at Familypedia

405 people were born in 1840

 FatherMotherAge mother at birth
Green Buren Adair (1840-1914)James Adair (1790-1851)Sarah Dean (1810-1904)
Hugh Montgomery Adair (1840-1910)Walter Scott Adair (1791-1854)Nancy Nerche Harris (1807-1884)
Henricus Adama van Scheltema (1840-1924)Carel Steven Adama van Scheltema (1815-1897)Hendrika Jacoba Stokhuijzen (1816-1872)
Margaret Adams (1840-1872)David Barclay Adams (1814-1881)Mary Cook (1812-1849)
Caroline Catherine Ahrens (c1840-)
William James Allerton (1840-1840)William Allerton (1801-1880)Ruth Cutler Thomas (1804-1874)
George Underwood Alley (1840-1932)George Underwood Alley (1801-1879)Catherine Amelia Dods-Smith (1812-1890)
Mary Ann Anlezark (1840-1912)John Anlezark (1812-1889)Mary Ann Doyle (1823-1852)
William Sumner Appleton (1840-1903)Nathan Appleton (1779-1861)Harriet Coffin Sumner (1802-1867)
Elizabeth Apps (1840-1915)William Apps (1813-1901)Philadelphia Foots (1813-1874)
Ellen Arbon (1840-1924)James Arbon (1812-1871)Susan Newman (1814-1872)
James Aris (1840-1899)Charles Robert Aris (1810-1879)Lydia (c1808-)
Jennifer Armstrong (1840-1920)
William H. Arthur (1840-1903)James R Arthur (1813-1895)Ruth Susir (1815-1852)
Margaret Aust (1840-1900)
... further results

288 children were born to the 196 women born in 1840

214 people died in 1840

 FatherMotherAge at death
Jean-Luc Abbadie (1795-1840)
James Adair (1770-1840)Joseph Adair (1745-1820)Sarah Lowe (1750-1844)
John Adair (1757-1840)William Adair (c1718-1812)Mary Moore (1729-1797)
Sarah Aldridge (c1766-1840)
William James Allerton (1840-1840)William Allerton (1801-1880)Ruth Cutler Thomas (1804-1874)
David Comfort Allphin (1864-1940)Israel Dodge Allphin (1814-1903)Susan Emeline Dameron (1833-1879)
Elias Allred (1758-1839)Thomas Allred (1730-1809)Elizabeth Twiggs (1732-1827)
Martin Carrel Allred (1806-1840)James Allred (1784-1876)Elizabeth Warren (1786-1879)
Mary Martha Ansley (1755-1840)James Ansley (1725-)Mary Jane Neely (c1725-)
Benjamin Ashby (1776-1840)Jonathan Ashby (1746-1797)Lydia Kimball (1748-1793)
Martha Atkins (1758-1840)Joshua Atkins (1725-1801)Martha Harding (1726-1758)
Marianne Audebert (1766-1840)
John Badger (1800-1840)James Badger (1772-1850)Hannah Sawyer (1777-1824)
John Baglin (1773-1840)Samuel Baglin (c1742-1813)Elizabeth Cox (-)67
William Pleasant Bailey (1775-1840)Isham Thomas Bailey (1754-1835)Martha Mollie Bailey (1760-1830)
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14832 people lived in 1840

 FatherMother
Adrianus Aalders (c1779-1861)Hendrik AaldersMaria van den Spek
Cornelis Aangeenbrug (1802-1861)Johannes Aangeenbrug (1773)Trijntje Johannesdr de Graaff (c1777)
Pieter Aangeenbrug (1834-1908)Cornelis Aangeenbrug (1802-1861)Geertje Pietersdr van der Neut (1801-c1835)
Hendrina Aarts (1805-1876)Godefridus Aarts (1778-1826)Elisabeth Damen (1787-1848)
Edward Aartsen (1810-1890)
Donatien Abadie (1820-1900)
Arsalina Abbadie (1822-1900)Jean-Luc Abbadie (1795-1840)Audrey Bidard (1799-1860)
Jean-Luc Abbadie (1795-1840)
Abigail Abbe (1767-1851)John Abbe (1743-1832)Abial Averill (1738-1832)
Cornelia Ariens Abbenes (1795-1858)Arien Ariensz Abbenes (c1740-1806)Antje Jacobs Krijnen (c1757-1814)
Abiel Abbot (1765-1859)Abiel Abbot (1741-1809)Dorcas Abbot (1744-1829)
Anne Wales Abbot (1808-1908)Abiel Abbot (1770-1828)Eunice Wales (1772-1831)
Elizabeth Abbot (1766-1853)John Abbot (1735-1818)Abigail Abbot (1734-1807)
Ezra Abbot (1772-1847)Abiel Abbot (1741-1809)Dorcas Abbot (1744-1829)
Hannah Abbot (1789-1871)William Abbot (1748-1793)Phebe Ballard (1752-1846)
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Events of the year 1840 at Familypedia

275 people were married in 1840.

 Joined with
John Fisher Adair (1785-1856)Mary Radval Slaven (1790-1835) + Bethier Plymill (1800-1875)
John Thompson Adair (1812-1891)Francis Thompson (1815-1838) + Penelope Starr Mayfield (1824-1902) + Mary Ann Hancock (1834-1912)
Joseph Adair (1806-1858)Rebecca Frances Mangum (1814-1890)
William Crawford Adair (1824-1899)Elizabeth Williams (1828-1896)
Charlotte Albury (1819-1891)William Byrne (1813-1861)
John Alderton (1806-1893)Mary Coffee (1816-1902)
Elizabeth Aldridge (1818-1890)James Henry Blackman (1816-1855)+John Charles Garbutt (1834-1874)
William Amos (1812-1895)Elizabeth Blanch (1821-1910)
Abraham Andrews (1774-1848)Hannah Barker (1775-1804) + Sarah Frye (1780-1832) + Abigail Colby (1803-1865)
Olive Andrews (1818-1879)Samuel Kingsley (1808-1839) + Lyman Omer Littlefield (1819-1893) + Brigham Young (1801-1877)+ Orra Lisk (1819-1904)
Stijntje Appelman (1806-1856)Pieter Groen (1816-1853) + Jan Jong (1829-1869)
John Appleton (1815-1864)Susan Lovering Dodge (1812-1879)
Maria Cornelia Arning (1814)Jan Frederikus Hoopman (1819)
George Tatum Atkinson (1810-1894)Elizabeth Townsend Bond (1814-1892)
Elijah Baker (1820-1844)Hannah Augusta Winsor (1815-)
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There were 0 military battles in 1840.


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