What is 1840s?
{{decadebox|184}} The '''1840s''' was the decade that began on January 1, 1840 and ended on December 31, 1849. It is distinct from the decade known as the <nowiki>'''185st decade'''</nowiki> which began on January 1, 1841. and ended on December 31, 1850. == Events == * [[Treaty of Nanking]] between [[China]] and the [[United Kingdom]](1842) * [[Irish Potato Famine]](1845–1848) * [[Mexican-American War]] (1846–1848) * [[The Communist Manifesto]] (1848)is published * [[European Revolutions of 1848]] (1848) * [[California Gold Rush]] (1849) == World leaders == * Emperor [[Ferdinand I of Austria|Ferdinand I]] ([[Austria]]) * Chancellor [[Klemens Wenzel von Metternich]] ([[Austria]]) * Emperor [[Franz Josef of Austria|Franz Josef]] ([[Austria-Hungary]]) * King [[Louis-Philippe of France|Louis-Philippe]] ([[July Monarchy]] [[France]]) * [[Frederick William IV of Prussia]] ([[Prussia]]) * [[Pope Gregory XVI]] * [[Pope Pius IX]] * Emperor [[Nicholas I of Russia|Nicholas I]] ([[Russia]]) * Queen [[Isabella II]] ([[Spain]]) * Queen [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Victoria]] ([[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]) * Prime Minister [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|Lord Melbourne]] ([[United Kingdom]]) * Prime Minister Sir [[Robert Peel]] ([[United Kingdom]]) * Prime Minister [[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell|Lord John Russell]] ([[United Kingdom]]) * President [[Martin Van Buren]] ([[United States]]) * President [[William Henry Harrison]] ([[United States]]) * President [[John Tyler]] ([[United States]]) * President [[James Knox Polk]] ([[United States]]) * President Zachary Taylor (United States) * Sultan [[Abd-ul-Mejid I]] ([[Ottoman Empire]]) * [[Shah]]s of [[Persia]] ([[Qajar dynasty]]) # [[Mohammad Shah Qajar]], (b. [[1810]] – d. [[1848]]) Shah from [[1834]] to 1848 # [[Nasser-al-Din Shah]], 1848–[[1896]] == Births == * [[Edvard Grieg]] (1843) * [[Wyatt Earp]] (1848) == Deaths == * [[Edgar Allan Poe]] (1849) [[Category:1840s| ]]