{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" | Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
|- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 |} ==Events and Trends== ===Technology=== * First use of anaesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long ===War, peace and politics=== *First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi New Zealand. The treaty between the British Crown and Maori 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. The latter emerges victorious and gains undisputed control over Texas while annexing portions of Arizona, California and New Mexico. * Wave of Revolution in Europe. Collectively known as the Revolution of 1848. ===Culture and Religion=== * Karl Marx writes The Communist Manifesto, first published on February 21, 1848. ===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 of Austria (Austria) * Chancellor Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (Austria) * Emperor Franz Josef of Austria (Austria-Hungary) * King Louis-Philippe of France (France) * Pope Gregory XVI * Pope Pius IX * Emperor Nicholas I of Russia (Russia) * Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (United Kingdom) * Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (United Kingdom) * Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel (United Kingdom) * Prime Minister Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (United Kingdom) * 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 1840s
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1840s
{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" | Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
|- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 |} ==Events and Trends== ===Technology=== * First use of anaesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long ===War, peace and politics=== *First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi New Zealand. The treaty between the British Crown and Maori 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. The latter emerges victorious and gains undisputed control over Texas while annexing portions of Arizona, California and New Mexico. * Wave of Revolution in Europe. Collectively known as the Revolution of 1848. ===Culture and Religion=== * Karl Marx writes The Communist Manifesto, first published on February 21, 1848. ===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 of Austria (Austria) * Chancellor Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (Austria) * Emperor Franz Josef of Austria (Austria-Hungary) * King Louis-Philippe of France (France) * Pope Gregory XVI * Pope Pius IX * Emperor Nicholas I of Russia (Russia) * Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (United Kingdom) * Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (United Kingdom) * Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel (United Kingdom) * Prime Minister Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (United Kingdom) * 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 1840s
1840s
19th century Years by decade
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