1840

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Years: 1837 1838 183918401841 1842 1843
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1840 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1840
MDCCCXL
Ab urbe condita2593
Armenian calendar1289
ԹՎ ՌՄՁԹ
Assyrian calendar6590
Bengali calendar1247
Berber calendar2790
British Regnal year3 Vict. 1  4 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar2384
Burmese calendar1202
Byzantine calendar7348–7349
Chinese calendar己亥(Earth Pig)
4536 or 4476
     to 
庚子年 (Metal Rat)
4537 or 4477
Coptic calendar1556–1557
Discordian calendar3006
Ethiopian calendar1832–1833
Hebrew calendar5600–5601
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1896–1897
 - Shaka Samvat1762–1763
 - Kali Yuga4941–4942
Holocene calendar11840
Igbo calendar840–841
Iranian calendar1218–1219
Islamic calendar1255–1256
Japanese calendarTenpō 11
(天保11年)
Julian calendarGregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar4173
Minguo calendar72 before ROC
民前72年
Thai solar calendar2382–2383
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Year 1840 (MDCCCXL) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar.

Events

JanuaryMarch

January 13: Steamship Lexington sinks.

AprilJune

JulySeptember

OctoberDecember

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

Date unknown

Ongoing

Births

JanuaryJune

JulyDecember

date unknown

Deaths

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JulyDecember

References

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  2. Guillon, Jacques (1986). Dumont d'Urville. Paris: France-Empire. ISBN 2-7048-0472-9.
  3. "Railroad — Wilmington & Raleigh (later Weldon)". North Carolina Business History. 2006. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  4. "Railroads — prior to the Civil War". North Carolina Business History. 2006. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  5. Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 263–264. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  6. Holt, Geoffrey O. (1978). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 10: The North West. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. p. 117. ISBN 0-7153-7521-0.