World History Timeline
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| January 01, 1840 |
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1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC |
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| January 03, 1840 |
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1st deep sea sounding |
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| January 05, 1840 |
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Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date |
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| January 10, 1840 |
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Penny Post mail system is starts |
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| January 18, 1840 |
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Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears |
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| January 19, 1840 |
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Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim) |
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| January 20, 1840 |
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Dumont D'Urville discovers Ad‚lie Land, Antarctica |
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| January 20, 1840 |
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Dutch King Willem II crowned |
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| February 01, 1840 |
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Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated |
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| February 06, 1840 |
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Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of NZ |
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| February 10, 1840 |
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British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg |
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| February 11, 1840 |
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Gaetano Donizetti's Opera La Fille du Regiment, premieres in Paris |
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| February 12, 1840 |
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Housatonic Railroad opens |
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| February 16, 1840 |
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American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica |
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| March 14, 1840 |
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Jos‚ Zorilla's El Zapatero y el Rey, premieres in Madrid |
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| March 23, 1840 |
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Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype) |
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| May 01, 1840 |
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1st adhesive postage stamps (Penny Blacks from England) issued |
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| May 06, 1840 |
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1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) |
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| May 07, 1840 |
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Tornado strikes Natchez Miss, kills 317 |
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| May 08, 1840 |
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Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process |
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| May 21, 1840 |
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NZ became a British colony |
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| June 12, 1840 |
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Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands |
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| June 20, 1840 |
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Samuel Morse patents his telegraph |
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| July 06, 1840 |
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Christian Hebbel's Judith, premieres in Berlin |
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| July 15, 1840 |
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England, Russia, Austria & Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance |
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| July 23, 1840 |
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Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada |
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| August 18, 1840 |
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Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (NY) |
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| August 28, 1840 |
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9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails |
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| September 12, 1840 |
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Composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck |
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| October 07, 1840 |
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Willem I resigns as king of Netherlands |
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| October 08, 1840 |
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1st Hawaiian constitution proclaimed |
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| December 02, 1840 |
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Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Favorita, premieres in Paris |
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| December 02, 1840 |
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Opera Die Favoritin is produced (Paris) |
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| December 02, 1840 |
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William H Harrison elected president of US |
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