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== Events ==
== Events ==
* [[Jasper]] was incorporated.
* [[Jasper]] was incorporated.
* [[William Walker, Sr]] became an independent merchandiser.
* [[William Walker Sr]] became an independent merchandiser.


== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
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===Births===
===Births===
* [[William Brown]], merchant
* February: [[Reinhard Wilda]], founder of the [[Birmingham Steam Laundry]]
* [[April 13]]: [[Samuel Ullman]], prominent leader of the [[Birmingham Board of Education]]
* [[April 13]]: [[Samuel Ullman]], prominent leader of the [[Birmingham Board of Education]]
* June: [[Henry Allen]], builder
* [[July 22]]: [[Henry F. DeBardeleben]], industrialist and founder of [[Bessemer]]
* [[July 22]]: [[Henry F. DeBardeleben]], industrialist and founder of [[Bessemer]]
* [[September 29]]: [[Luman Handley]], Presbyterian minister
* [[October 3]]: [[D. C. Redington]], photographer
=== Deaths ===
* [[William Jennings]], Revolutionary War veteran


== Context ==
== Context ==
In 1840, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom married Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha.  Britain issued the Penny Black, the world's first adhesive postage stamp.  The Great Natchez Tornado killed 317 and injured 109 in Natchez, Mississippi.  New Zealand was declared a British colony.  David Livingstone left Britain for Africa.
In 1840, the Second Seminole War and First Opium War continued.  Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom married Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha.  Britain issued the Penny Black, the world's first adhesive postage stamp.  The Great Natchez Tornado killed 317 and injured 109 in Natchez, Mississippi.  New Zealand was declared a British colony.  David Livingstone left Britain for Africa.


Notable births in 1840 included Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Thomas Hardy, Auguste Rodin, and Claude Monet.  Notable deaths included <!-- no one you've ever heard of, like --> Siméon-Denis Poisson and King Frederick William III of Prussia.
Notable births in 1840 included composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, writer Thomas Hardy, sculptor Auguste Rodin, and painter Claude Monet.  Notable deaths included <!-- no one you've ever heard of, like --> mathematician and physicist Siméon-Denis Poisson and King Frederick William III of Prussia.


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Latest revision as of 11:02, 3 April 2021

1840 was 31 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham and the 21st year of Alabama statehood.

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In 1840, the Second Seminole War and First Opium War continued. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom married Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha. Britain issued the Penny Black, the world's first adhesive postage stamp. The Great Natchez Tornado killed 317 and injured 109 in Natchez, Mississippi. New Zealand was declared a British colony. David Livingstone left Britain for Africa.

Notable births in 1840 included composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, writer Thomas Hardy, sculptor Auguste Rodin, and painter Claude Monet. Notable deaths included mathematician and physicist Siméon-Denis Poisson and King Frederick William III of Prussia.

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