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[[Image:Awful conflagration of the steam boat Lexington.jpg|thumb|200px|''Awful conflagration of the steam boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday eveg., [[January 13]]th [[1840]], by which melancholy occurence; over 100 persons perished''. Courier lithograph documenting a news event, published three days after the disaster.]] | [[Image:Awful conflagration of the steam boat Lexington.jpg|thumb|200px|''Awful conflagration of the steam boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday eveg., [[January 13]]th [[1840]], by which melancholy occurence; over 100 persons perished''. Courier lithograph documenting a news event, published three days after the disaster.]] | ||
+ | [[Image:The Deluge by Danby.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[The Deluge]]'' ([[1840]]) by [[Francis Danby]]]] | ||
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+ | Year '''1840''' (MDCCCXL) is the 40th year of the [[19th century]] and the first year of the [[1840s]]. | ||
== Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
- | *''[[Andromeda and the Nereids]]'' by [[Théodore Chassériau]] | + | |
+ | *Dr [[Jacques-Joseph Moreau]] began to take an interest in cannabis's properties. | ||
+ | *[[Fortsas hoax]] | ||
+ | *[[Paris Salon of 1840]] | ||
+ | === Art === | ||
+ | *''[[Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids]]'' by [[Théodore Chassériau]] | ||
+ | *''The Deluge'' by [[Francis Danby]] | ||
+ | *[[Sun Setting over a Lake]] (c. 1840) by J. M. W. Turner | ||
+ | *[[The Toilet of Esther]] by Theodore Chasseriau | ||
+ | === Literature === | ||
+ | ====Fiction==== | ||
+ | *''[[A Prince of Bohemia]]'' by [[Balzac]] | ||
*''[[The Man of the Crowd]]'' by Poe | *''[[The Man of the Crowd]]'' by Poe | ||
- | *''[[The Deluge]]'' by [[Francis Danby]] | ||
*''[[Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque]]'' by Poe | *''[[Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque]]'' by Poe | ||
+ | ====Non fiction==== | ||
+ | *[[Anatomy of the Breast]] | ||
*''[[What Is Property?]]'' by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon | *''[[What Is Property?]]'' by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon | ||
- | *"[[Buffalo Gals]]" (c. 1840) | + | *[[John Stuart Mill's 1840 essay on Coleridge]] |
- | *''[[A Prince of Bohemia]]'' by [[Balzac]] | + | |
- | *Dr [[Jacques-Joseph Moreau]] began to take an interest in cannabis's properties. | + | === Music === |
== Births == | == Births == | ||
+ | *[[Auguste Rodin]] (1840 - 1917) | ||
*[[Odilon Redon]] (1840 - 1916) | *[[Odilon Redon]] (1840 - 1916) | ||
*[[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]] (1840-1902) | *[[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]] (1840-1902) | ||
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*[[Alphonse Daudet]] (1840 - 1897) | *[[Alphonse Daudet]] (1840 - 1897) | ||
*[[Gabriel Cornelius von Max]] (1840 - 1915) | *[[Gabriel Cornelius von Max]] (1840 - 1915) | ||
+ | *[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] (1840 - 1893) | ||
==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
+ | *[[Niccolò Paganini]] (1782 - 1840) | ||
*[[Beau Brummell]] (1778 - 1840) | *[[Beau Brummell]] (1778 - 1840) | ||
- | *[[Caspar David Friedrich]] | + | *[[Caspar David Friedrich]] (1774 – 1840) |
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Year 1840 (MDCCCXL) is the 40th year of the 19th century and the first year of the 1840s.
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Art and culture
- Dr Jacques-Joseph Moreau began to take an interest in cannabis's properties.
- Fortsas hoax
- Paris Salon of 1840
Art
- Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids by Théodore Chassériau
- The Deluge by Francis Danby
- Sun Setting over a Lake (c. 1840) by J. M. W. Turner
- The Toilet of Esther by Theodore Chasseriau
Literature
Fiction
- A Prince of Bohemia by Balzac
- The Man of the Crowd by Poe
- Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque by Poe
Non fiction
- Anatomy of the Breast
- What Is Property? by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
- John Stuart Mill's 1840 essay on Coleridge
Music
Births
- Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917)
- Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916)
- Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840-1902)
- Claude Monet (1840 - 1926)
- Émile Zola (1840 - 1902)
- Thomas Hardy (1840 – 1928)
- Alphonse Daudet (1840 - 1897)
- Gabriel Cornelius von Max (1840 - 1915)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Deaths
- Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840)
- Beau Brummell (1778 - 1840)
- Caspar David Friedrich (1774 – 1840)
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