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1840 (MDCCCXL) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1840th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 840th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 19th century, and
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• January 3 – One of the predecessor papers of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia, The Port Phillip Herald, is founded.
• January 10 – Uniform Penny Post is introduced in the United...
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• January 1 – Dugald Drummond, British railway engineer (d. 1912)
• January 3 – Father Damien, Belgian missionary priest (d. 1889)
• January 9 – Samuel Baldwin Marks Young, American general, first Chief of Staff of the United States Army...
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• January 6 – Fanny Burney, English novelist (b. 1752)
• January 22 – Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)
• February 13 – Nicolas Joseph Maison, French marshal, Minister of War (b. 1770...
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