Important Historical Events of the year 1840, Year 1840 in History

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List of 1840 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1840

What happened in the year 1840?

Date	Event
January 13, 1840	The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
February 6, 1840	Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
February 10, 1840	Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
February 11, 1840	Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
May 1, 1840	The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
May 6, 1840	The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
May 7, 1840	The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
May 20, 1840	York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
May 22, 1840	The penal transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
June 20, 1840	Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
July 23, 1840	The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
October 7, 1840	Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
October 11, 1840	The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.