840
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| Centuries: | 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
| Decades: | 810s 820s 830s - 840s - 850s 860s 870s |
| Years: | 837 838 839 - 840 - 841 842 843 |
| 840 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 840 DCCCXL |
| Ab urbe condita | 1593 |
| Armenian calendar | 289 ԹՎ ՄՁԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1004 – -1003 |
| Berber calendar | 1790 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1384 |
| Burmese calendar | 202 |
| Chinese calendar | 3476/3536-11-23 (己未年十一月廿三日) — to —
3477/3537-12-4(庚申年十二月初四日) |
| Coptic calendar | 556 – 557 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 832 – 833 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4600 – 4601 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 895 – 896 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 762 – 763 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3941 – 3942 |
| Holocene calendar | 10840 |
| Iranian calendar | 218 – 219 |
| Islamic calendar | 225 – 226 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3173 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1383 |
Events
By Place
Europe
- After the death of Louis the Pious, his sons Lothar, Charles the Bald and Louis the German fight over the division of the Holy Roman Empire, with Lothar succeeding as Emperor.
- Dublin, Ireland is founded by the Vikings.
Asia
- Tang Wu Zong succeeds Tang Wen Zong as emperor of China.
Deaths
- June 20 — Louis the Pious, King of the Franks, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (b. 778)
- Emperor Junna of Japan (b. 786)
- Wiglaf, King of Mercia
- Emperor Wenzong of Tang
