1840

Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century (18th century - 19th century - 20th century)

Decades: 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s

Years: 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 - 1840 - 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845

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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.

Births

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

Deaths

• May 27: Niccolo Paganini (violinist)