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1840 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1840th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 840th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1840s decade. As of the start of 1840, the ...
January 13, 1840 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks in icy waters, four miles off the coast of Long Island; 139 die, only four survive. May 7, 1840 – The Great Natchez Tornado: A massive tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi, during the early afternoon hours. Before it is over, 317 people are killed and 109 injured.
Missouri claimed an area north of its border with Iowa Territory, initiating the long dispute known as the Honey War. [169] May 21, 1840 Surveying conducted along the border with Texas concluded that the area claimed by Arkansas for Miller County belonged to Texas. [170] November 10, 1842
1840. Voter turnout soared during the 1830s, reaching about 80% of adult white male population in the 1840 presidential election. [14] 1841. The Dorr Rebellion takes place in Rhode Island because men who did not own land could not vote. [15] 1843
Events from the year 1840 in the United States. Incumbents. Federal government President: ... 4 miles off the coast of Long Island; 139 die, only 4 survive.
The arrival of the first hominins was 850,000 years ago at Monte ... The long Siege of ... The 1840 version of I Promessi Sposi used a standardized version ...
At first New Zealand was administered from Australia as part of the colony of New South Wales, and from 16 June 1840 New South Wales laws were deemed to operate in New Zealand. [68] This was a transitional arrangement, and the British Government issued the Charter for Erecting the Colony of New Zealand on 16 November 1840.
In addition there was a long debate on the state purchase of school textbooks. The state wrote, printed and sold its school books until 1937. Supervision was lax and the textbooks were poorly done—filled with typos, grammatical errors, garbled passages and poor artwork. However, the state did save some money. [43]