- 1840 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year
1840 in theUnited Kingdom .Incumbents
*Monarch -
Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister -William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne , WhigEvents
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10 January -Uniform Penny Post introduced.
*22 January - British colonists reachNew Zealand . Official founding date ofWellington .
*6 February -Treaty of Waitangi , document granting British sovereignty inNew Zealand , is signed.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
*10 February - Queen Victoria marriesPrince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha .
*15 April -King's College Hospital opens in Portugal Street, London.
*1 May - issue of thePenny Black , the world's firstpostage stamp .cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1840-1860|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1840-1860|accessdate=2007-09-13]
*10 June -Edward Oxford attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 263-264|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*4 July - TheCunard Line 's 700-ton wooden paddlewheel steamer RMS "Britannia" departs fromLiverpool bound for Halifax ,Nova Scotia on the first transatlantic passenger cruise.
*15 July -Austria , Britain,Prussia , andRussia sign a London Treaty with the Sublime Porte, ruler of theOttoman Empire .
*23 July - TheProvince of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
*7 August -Chimney Sweeps Act 1840 prohibits the employment of children under the age of 21 aschimney sweep s.
*10 September - Ottoman and British troops bombardBeirut and land troops on the coast to pressureEgypt ian Muhammad Ali to retreat from the country.
*16 September - Joseph Strutt handed over the deeds and papers concerning the Arboretum, which was to become England's first public park.
*30 September - the foundation ofNelson's Column laid.
*14 October -Maronite leaderBashir Shihab II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile inMalta .
*25 October - Firstrailway timetable published.
* December -Stockport Viaduct was completed in this year. It is one of the largest brick structures inEurope .Undated
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David Livingstone leaves for Africa.
* The foundation stone of thePalace of Westminster is laid as its reconstruction following a fire in 1834 begins. (Completed in1860 ).
*Trafalgar Square laid out and paved.
* TheRoyal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gains its Royal status.
*Cunard Line operates the first transatlanticpaddle steamer mail service.Ongoing events
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First Opium War (1839 –1842 )
*First Anglo-Afghan War (1839 –1842 )Publications
* Serialisation of
Charles Dickens ' novel "The Old Curiosity Shop ".
*William Makepeace Thackeray 's novel "Catherine".Births
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18 January -Henry Austin Dobson , poet and essayist (died 1921)
*26 January -John Clayton Adams , landscape artist (died 1906)
*5 February -John Boyd Dunlop , inventor (died 1921)
*29 February -John Philip Holland , inventor (died 1914)
*27 April -Edward Whymper , mountaineer (died 1911)
*2 June -Thomas Hardy , writer (died 1928)
*9 October -Simeon Solomon , artist (died 1905)
*21 November -Victoria, Princess Royal (died 1901)
*29 November -Rhoda Broughton , writer (died 1920)Deaths
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6 January -Fanny Burney , novelist (born 1752)
*18 February -Jeffry Wyattville , architect and garden designer (born 1766)
*30 March -Beau Brummell , arbiter of fashion (born 1778)
*1 May - Joseph Williamson, philanthropist and builder ofWilliamson's tunnels (born 1769)
*26 May - Sidney Smith, admiral (born 1764)References
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