1840s

Decades: 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s

Years: 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849

• Introduction of the postage stamp. The first of them is Penny Black, issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on May 1, 1840.
• Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848) fought between Mexico and the United States of America. The later emerges victorious and gains undisputed control over Texas while annexing portions of Arizona, California and New Mexico.
• Wave of revolutions in Europe. Collectively known as the Revolution of 1848.
• Karl Marx writes The Communist Manifesto, first published on February 21, 1848.

World Leaders

• Emperor Ferdinand I (Austria)
• Chancellor Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (Austria)
• Emperor Franz Josef (Austria-Hungary)
• King Louis-Philippe (France)
• Pope Gregory XVI
• Pope Pius IX
• Emperor Nicholas I (Russia)
• Queen Victoria (United Kingdom)
• 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 John Tyler (United States)
• President James Knox Polk (United States)

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