1840s

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Millennia:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s
Years:	1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments

1 Events and trends
2 World leaders
3 See also
4 Sources

[edit] Events and trends

[edit] Technology

First use of general anesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long.
The first electrical telegraph sent by Samuel Morse on May 24, 1844 from Baltimore to Washington, D.C..

[edit] War, peace and politics

Bahá'í Faith.

Gideon T. Stewart becomes a Good Templars leader.
In the midst of the Second Great Awakening, preacher William Miller predicts the Second Advent of Jesus Christ will occur on October 22, 1844. Christ's failure to appear became known as the Great Disappointment.
Adolph Sax invents the saxophone, receiving the patent on May 17, 1846.
John Stuart Mill writes The Principles of Political Economy, first published in 1848.
Søren Kierkegaard publishes Either/Or, Fear and Trembling, Philosophical Fragments and The Sickness Unto Death.
Seneca Falls Convention (first convention for women's rights) 1848.

[edit] Economics

In the mid 1840s several harvests failed across Europe, which caused famines. Especially the Great Irish Famine (1845-1849) was severe and caused a quarter of Ireland's population to die or emigrate to the United States and Canada.