January–March 1. January 3 – One of the predecessor papers of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia, The Port Phillip Herald, is founded. 2. January 10 – Uniform Penny Postis introduced in the United Kingdom. 3. January 13 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks in icy waters, four miles off t…
April–June 1. April – The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad is completed from Raleigh to near Weldon, North Carolina. 2. April 2 – The Washingtonian movement for teetotalism is founded by a group of alcoholics in Baltimore, Maryland. 3. April 3 – Johnny Appleseed meets Abraham Lincoln, and pl…
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 …