1840s

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Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s

Years: 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849

Contents 1 Events and Trends 1.1 Technology 1.2 War, peace and politics 1.3 Culture and Religion 1.4 Other 2 World Leaders 3 Sources

Events and Trends

Technology

• First use of general anesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long
• The first electrical telegraph sent by Samuel Morse on May 24, 1844 from Baltimore to Washington, D.C..

War, peace and politics

• First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi, Northland New Zealand. The treaty between the British Crown and Māori made New Zealand a British colony and is considered the founding point of modern New Zealand.
• Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848) fought between Mexico and the United States of America. The latter emerges victorious and gains undisputed control over Texas while annexing portions of Arizona, California and New Mexico.
• Wave of revolutions in Europe. Collectively known as the Revolution of 1848. This leads to mass emigration of these refugees into industrial cities of the United States as well as to other locations around the world.

Culture and Religion

• Karl Marx writes The Communist Manifesto, first published on February 21, 1848.
• Gideon T. Stewart becomes a Good Templars leader.
• 1844 - Persian Prophet the Báb announces his revelation, founding Bábísm. He announced to the world of the coming of "He whom God shall make manifest." He is considered the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
• Adolph Sax invents the saxophone, receiving the patent on May 17, 1846.

Other

• Introduction of the postage stamp. The first of them is Penny Black, issued by the United Kingdom on May 1, 1840.

World Leaders

• Emperor Ferdinand I (Austria)
• Chancellor Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (Austria)
• Emperor Franz Josef (Austria-Hungary)
• King Louis-Philippe (July Monarchy France)
• Pope Gregory XVI
• Pope Pius IX
• Emperor Nicholas I (Russia)
• Queen Isabella II (Spain)
• Queen Victoria (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
• Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
• Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
• Prime Minister Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
• President Martin Van Buren (United States)
• President William Henry Harrison (United States)
• President John Tyler (United States)
• President James Knox Polk (United States)
• Sultan Abd-ul-Mejid I Ottoman Empire
• Shahs of Persia (Qajar dynasty)

1. Mohammad Shah Qajar, (b. 1810 - d. 1848) Shah from 1834-1848
2. Nasser-al-Din Shah, 1848-1896

Sources

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