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[[Image:Cover of Sweeney Todd, published by Charles Fox in 48 numbers.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Sweeney Todd]]'' ([[1846]]) is a [[Fictional portrayals of psychopaths in literature|fictional psychopath]]/[[cannibalism in fiction|cannibal]]/[[pulp fiction]] [[anti-hero]].]] [[Image:Cover of Sweeney Todd, published by Charles Fox in 48 numbers.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Sweeney Todd]]'' ([[1846]]) is a [[Fictional portrayals of psychopaths in literature|fictional psychopath]]/[[cannibalism in fiction|cannibal]]/[[pulp fiction]] [[anti-hero]].]]
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 +"The first time that we met [[Charles Baudelaire|Baudelaire]] was towards the middle of the year 1849, at the [[Hôtel de Lauzun|Hotel Pimodan]], where we occupied, near [[Joseph Fernand Boissard de Boisdenier |Fernand Boissard]], a strange [[apartment]] which communicated with his by a private staircase hidden in the thickness of the wall, and which was haunted by the spirits of beautiful women loved long since by Lauzun."--[[Théophile Gautier's preface to the third edition of Les Fleurs du mal|Théophile Gautier's preface to ''Les Fleurs du mal'']]
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[[Image:Napoléon Bonaparte abdicated in Fontainebleau.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Napoléon Bonaparte abdicated in Fontainebleau]] (1845) by [[Paul Delaroche]]]] [[Image:Napoléon Bonaparte abdicated in Fontainebleau.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Napoléon Bonaparte abdicated in Fontainebleau]] (1845) by [[Paul Delaroche]]]]
[[Image:Venus at the Opera by Grandville.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Venus at the Opera]]'' (1844) by [[Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville|Grandville]] (French, 1803 – 1847)]] [[Image:Venus at the Opera by Grandville.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Venus at the Opera]]'' (1844) by [[Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville|Grandville]] (French, 1803 – 1847)]]
[[Image:Rain Steam and Speed the Great Western Railway.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway]]'' ([[1844]]) by [[William Turner]]]] [[Image:Rain Steam and Speed the Great Western Railway.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway]]'' ([[1844]]) by [[William Turner]]]]
 +[[Image:Akropolis by Leo von Klenze.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Acropolis of Athens]]'' (1846) is a painting by [[Leo von Klenze]] of the [[Acropolis of Athens]]. It is an [[Idealization|idealized]] [[reconstruction]] of the Acropolis and [[Areopagus]] in Athens.]]
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 +The '''1840s''' decade is the 4th decade of the [[19th century]]. It comprises the years [[1840]], [[1841]], [[1842]], [[1843]], [[1844]], [[1845]], [[1846]], [[1847]], [[1848]] and [[1849]].
===Technology=== ===Technology===
*The use of wood to make [[pulp]] for paper began *The use of wood to make [[pulp]] for paper began
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*The world's first illustrated newspaper, the invention of the daguerrotype and other advances in the field of mechanical reproduction led to the development of a visual culture that would be of prime importance to later art movements such as impressionism. *The world's first illustrated newspaper, the invention of the daguerrotype and other advances in the field of mechanical reproduction led to the development of a visual culture that would be of prime importance to later art movements such as impressionism.
-*The use of the term Modern art was first attested in 1849, it took another 14 years to produce the first recognized works of modern art: "The Lunch on the Grass" (1863) and "Olympia" (1863), both by Edouard Manet.  
*In Paris - the capital of the artistic world - Bohemianism, a romanticized image of the struggling artist is developed as a concept in the works of Honoré de Balzac and others. *In Paris - the capital of the artistic world - Bohemianism, a romanticized image of the struggling artist is developed as a concept in the works of Honoré de Balzac and others.
*[[Rain, Steam and Speed]] (1844) by William Turner, a a precursor to Impressionism *[[Rain, Steam and Speed]] (1844) by William Turner, a a precursor to Impressionism
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*[[The Great Sphinx of Giza (photo by Maxime Du Camp)]], 1849 *[[The Great Sphinx of Giza (photo by Maxime Du Camp)]], 1849
*''[[What Is Property?]]'', 1840, by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon *''[[What Is Property?]]'', 1840, by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
- +*''[[The Essence of Christianity]]'' (1841) by Ludwig Feuerbach
 +*"[[The Murders in the Rue Morgue]]" (1841) by Edgar Allan Poe
 +*''[[Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds]]'' (1841) by Charles Mackay
 +*''[[The Mysteries of Paris]]'' (1842) by Eugène Sue
 +*[[Byron and Sade are perhaps the two greatest inspirations of our moderns]] (1843) wrote French literary critic [[Sainte-Beuve]]
 +*''[[Un autre monde]]'' (1844) by Grandville
 +*"[[The Imp of the Perverse]]" (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe Poe
 +*[[Club des Hachichins (Théophile Gautier)|"Club des Hachichins"]] (1846) by Gautier
 +*[[Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert]] (1847) inaugurated in Brussels
 +*1847: The [[Brontë sisters]] publish ''[[Jane Eyre]]'', ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' and ''[[Agnes Grey]]''.
 +*1848: [[John Ruskin marries Effie Gray]]
 +*[[1849]] - ''[[La Vie de bohème]]'' by Murger staged at the [[Théâtre des Variétés]]
== Births == == Births ==
[[Odilon Redon]] - [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]] - [[Claude Monet]] - [[Émile Zola]] - [[Henry James]] - [[Anthony Comstock]] - [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] - [[Thomas Eakins]] - [[Henri Rousseau]] - [[Comte de Lautréamont]] - [[Thomas Edison]] - [[Octave Mirbeau]] - [[Joris Karl Huysmans]] [[Odilon Redon]] - [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]] - [[Claude Monet]] - [[Émile Zola]] - [[Henry James]] - [[Anthony Comstock]] - [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] - [[Thomas Eakins]] - [[Henri Rousseau]] - [[Comte de Lautréamont]] - [[Thomas Edison]] - [[Octave Mirbeau]] - [[Joris Karl Huysmans]]
==Deaths == ==Deaths ==
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"The first time that we met Baudelaire was towards the middle of the year 1849, at the Hotel Pimodan, where we occupied, near Fernand Boissard, a strange apartment which communicated with his by a private staircase hidden in the thickness of the wall, and which was haunted by the spirits of beautiful women loved long since by Lauzun."--Théophile Gautier's preface to Les Fleurs du mal

Venus at the Opera (1844) by Grandville (French, 1803 – 1847)
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Venus at the Opera (1844) by Grandville (French, 1803 – 1847)
The Acropolis of Athens (1846) is a painting by Leo von Klenze of the Acropolis of Athens. It is an idealized reconstruction of the Acropolis and Areopagus in Athens.
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The Acropolis of Athens (1846) is a painting by Leo von Klenze of the Acropolis of Athens. It is an idealized reconstruction of the Acropolis and Areopagus in Athens.

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The 1840s decade is the 4th decade of the 19th century. It comprises the years 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848 and 1849.

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Odilon Redon - Richard von Krafft-Ebing - Claude Monet - Émile Zola - Henry James - Anthony Comstock - Friedrich Nietzsche - Thomas Eakins - Henri Rousseau - Comte de Lautréamont - Thomas Edison - Octave Mirbeau - Joris Karl Huysmans

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