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The 1840 United States presidential election was the 14th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, October 30 to Wednesday, December 2, 1840. Economic recovery from the Panic of 1837 was incomplete, and Whig nominee William Henry Harrison defeated incumbent President Martin Van Buren of the Democratic Party.
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The 1840s (pronounced "eighteen-forties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1840, and ended on December 31, 1849. The decade was noted in Europe for featuring the largely unsuccessful Revolutions of 1848, also known as the Springtime of Nations.
June 12 – 23 – The World Anti-Slavery Convention is organised by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, at Exeter Hall in London, England. Arguments over the exclusion of women from the convention have important ramifications for the movement for women's suffrage in the United States.
Beginning in Great Britain, the Industrial Revolution spread to continental Europe and the United States, from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. [1] This transition included going from hand production methods to machines ; new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes; the increasing use of water power and steam power ; the ...
Events. January 13–14 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks in icy waters, 4 miles off the coast of Long Island; 139 die, only 4 survive. January 19 – Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what becomes known as Wilkes Land for the United States. March 4 – Alexander S. Wolcott and John Johnson open their ...
Decenija 1840-ih trajala je od 1. januara 1840. do 31. decembra 1849. godine. Odozgo lijevo, u smjeru kazaljke na satu: Meksičko-američki rat je bio sukob koji je pokrenuo američku ekspanziju na njenim zapadnim granicama, utirući put novim teritorijama (i na kraju državama) kao što su Teksas i Kalifornija; Ugovor iz Waitangija 1840 ...
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The Damascus affair of 1840 refers to the disappearance, February of that year, of an Italian monk and his servant. A large number of Jews were summarily tortured until they "confessed" to murder. An instance of medieval antisemitism and a blood libel, news of the case spread, across the Middle East, to Europe, and the Western world.
