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
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