1840

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{{Year nav|1840}} '''1840''' (MDCCCXL) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ==Events== *January 19 – Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what becomes known as Wilkes Land for the United States. *July 4 – The Cunard Line's 700-ton wooden paddlewheel steamer RMS Britannia departs from Liverpool, bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia on the first transatlantic passenger cruise. *November 4 – U.S. presidential election, 1840: William Henry Harrison defeats Martin Van Buren. ==Births== *[[June 22]] - [[James Return Williams]] (d. [[1870]]) ==Deaths== [[Category:Year]][[Category:1840s]]

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