1840

Centuries - Year in Review 19th Century

18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades:1800s,1810s,1820s,1830s,1840s,1850s,1860s,1870s,1880s,1890s

1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849

1839 1840 1841 - decade 1840s - 19th century

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Births

• February 11 - [Samuel Dana Greene]?, Lieutenant Commander (Union Navy)
• November 14: Claude Monet (painter?)
• Auguste Rodin, sculptor

Deaths

• May 27: Niccolo Paganini (violinist?)

Events

• February 6 - Signing of the [Treaty of Waitangi]?, founding document of New Zealand
• February 11 - [Gaetano Donizetti]?'s opera "La Fille du Regiment" premieres in Paris.
• [Dom Pedro II]? becomes the second and last emperor of Brazil.