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The 1840s (pronounced "eighteen-forties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1840, and ended on December 31, 1849. The decade was noted in Europe for featuring the largely unsuccessful Revolutions of 1848 , also known as the Springtime of Nations .
Jorvik was the direct predecessor to the shire of York and received further Danish royal aids after the invasion and takeover of Jorvik by England, from the Munsö descendants, Sweyn II of Denmark right down to Canute IV of Denmark's martyrdom. Saint Olave's Church in York is a testament to the Norwegian influence in the area.
Agnes Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England begins publication. William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Catherine. William Whewell's book The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, founded upon their history, in which he introduces the words "Physicist" and (for the second time) "Scientist". [17] [18] [19]
George Hudson (probably 10 March 1800 – 14 December 1871) was an English railway financier and politician who, because he controlled a significant part of the railway network in the 1840s, became known as "The Railway King"—a title conferred on him by Sydney Smith in 1844.
1948 – York: A Plan for Progress and Preservation published. 1951 – First York Festival, including a major revival of the York Mystery Plays. 1956 – Castle Mills Bridge opened. 1961 – 16 December: York Cold War Bunker opened. 1962 – 11 April: York Crematorium dedicated. [33] 1963 University of York established with a new campus at ...
1840s in England (15 C) 1840s in Ireland (15 C, 12 P)- ... Pages in category "1840s in the United Kingdom" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Past and Present (1843) was written as a response to the economic crisis which began in the early 1840s. This book, like its predecessor Chartism and Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850), presents a further analysis of the condition-of-England question. Carlyle contrasted the medieval past and the turbulent Victorian present of the 1830s and 1840s. For ...
This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1840. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland ).