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== Events ==
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* [[January 22]] – [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] colonists reach New Zealand, officially founding the settlement of [[Wellington]].
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* [[February 5]] – The murder of a Capuchin friar and his Greek servant leads to the [[Damascus affair]], a highly publicized case of [[blood libel]] against the Jews of [[Damascus]].
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* [[February 10]] – [[Queen Victoria]] of the United Kingdom marries her cousin [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]].
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* [[March 1]] – [[Adolphe Thiers]] becomes prime minister of [[July Monarchy|France]].
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* [[May 21]] – [[New Zealand]] is declared a British colony.
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* [[June 7]] – On the death of [[Frederick William III of Prussia]], he is succeeded on the throne of the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] (which he has ruled for more than 40 years) by his eldest son [[Frederick William IV of Prussia|Frederick William IV]].
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* [[June 12]]–[[June 23|23]] – The [[World Anti-Slavery Convention]] is organised by the [[British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society]], at [[Exeter Hall]] in London, England. Arguments over the exclusion of women from the convention have important ramifications for the movement for [[women's suffrage in the United States]].
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* [[July 4]] – The [[Cunard Line]]'s 700-[[ton]] wooden paddlewheel steamer {{RMS|Britannia}} departs from [[Liverpool]], bound for [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], on the first steam transatlantic passenger mail service
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* [[July 15]] – The [[Austrian Empire]], the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]], the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], and the [[Russian Empire]] sign the [[Convention of London (1840)|Convention of London]] with the [[Sublime Porte]], ruler of the [[Ottoman Empire]].
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* [[July 23]] [[Pedro II of Brazil|Pedro II]] is declared "of age" prematurely, and begins to reassert central control in [[Empire of Brazil|Brazil]].
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* [[July 23]] The [[Province of Canada]] is created by the [[Act of Union 1840|Act of Union]].
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* [[August 1]] – The end of the slave trade in the [[United Kingdom]] by the [[Slavery Abolition Act]]
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* [[September 10]] – Ottoman and British troops bombard [[Beirut]], and land troops on the coast, to pressure [[Egypt Eyalet|Egypt]]ian Muhammad Ali to retreat from the country.
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=== October–December ===
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* [[October 7]] – [[William II of the Netherlands|William II]] becomes King of the [[Netherlands]].
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* [[November 4]] – [[U.S. presidential election, 1840]]: [[William Henry Harrison]] defeats [[Martin Van Buren]] in a landslide.
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* [[December 7]] – [[David Livingstone]] leaves Britain for Africa.
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===Ongoing===
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* [[First Opium War]] (1839–1842)
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* [[First Anglo-Afghan War]] (1839–1842)
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* [[Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–41)]]
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Revision as of 23:26, 13 March 2021

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Remnants of an army2.jpg
Britain sends an army to subjugate Afghanistan, the First Anglo-Afghan War. Two years later the army would be almost completely annihilated, pictured here as a single survivor.
year 1840

Events

October–December

Ongoing


 

Events

EventStartEndDescription
Pax Brittanica18151915
Victorian era18401901

 

A New Group

GroupImageTypeDescription
University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond seal.pngMilitary ranksPrivate liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia

 

Births

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummaryDescription
George Fisher Baker27 March 18402 May 1931Banker
Businessperson
The "Dean of American Banking", 3rd richest US citizen at his death
Émile Zola2 April 1840France
Paris
29 September 1902Author
Journalist
Playwright
Nathan Rothschild (1st Baron Rothschild)8 November 184031 March 1915Banker
Rothschild family
Wealthy UK financier. He was a member of the Milner Group's Society of the Elect.
Henry Chaplin22 December 184029 May 1923Politician
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