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 |
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[change] Events
- Irish Potato Famine(1845-1848)
- Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
- European Revolutions of 1848 (1848)
- California Gold Rush (1849)
[change] World leaders
- Emperor Ferdinand I (Austria)
- Chancellor Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (Austria)
- Emperor Franz Josef (Austria-Hungary)
- King Louis-Philippe (July Monarchy France)
- Frederick William IV of Prussia (Prussia)
- 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 Lord Melbourne (United Kingdom)
- Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel (United Kingdom)
- Prime Minister Lord John 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)
- President Zachary Taylor (United States)
- Sultan Abd-ul-Mejid I (Ottoman Empire)
- Shahs of Persia (Qajar dynasty)
- Mohammad Shah Qajar, (b. 1810 - d. 1848) Shah from 1834-1848
- Nasser-al-Din Shah, 1848-1896
[change] Births
- Edvard Grieg (1843)
- Wyatt Earp (1848)
[change] Deaths
- Edgar Allan Poe (1849)
