10 January 1840Invention of StampRowland Hill
Intoduces the Penny Post to Britain
Historical records for Great Britain in 1840, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Intoduces the Penny Post to Britain
Birth of Sophia Jex-Blake
Birth of John Boyd Dunlop
Albert is voted œ30,000 pa, they only have a 2 day honeymoon
Marries Victoria, his 1st cousin, at St James Palace
Marries Albert of Saxe-Coburg, Albert is voted œ30,000 pa, they have a 2 day honeymoon
Gladstone lambasts "Palmerston's Opium War" and said that he felt "in dread of the judgments of God upon England for our national iniquity towards China"
Acts as host to Emperor Nicholas I
The Great Western section between Bristol and Bath opens, using Brunel's broad gauge and associated masonry structures.
Opens his original Bristol Temple Meads terminus.
Trains begin running from Brunel's Bristol station toward Bath.
Daniel Gooch proposes locomotive works at Swindon and Brunel supports creation of a major railway centre there.
Brunel submits a detailed report recommending screw propulsion instead of paddle wheels for the new Great Britain.
Another section of Brunel's Great Western main line opens between Wootton Bassett and Chippenham.
Brunel orders SS Great Britain to be redesigned for screw propulsion instead of paddle wheels.
Brunel studies Francis Pettit Smith's screw-propelled Archimedes during trials and demonstrations at Bristol.
Gives a commission to William Hobson to sail for the East Indies, which Hobson ultimately rewarded in the naming of his new town Auckland, New Zealand in 1840
The crossing carries the Great Western Railway through the city.
Designs the skew bridge immediately west of Bath Spa station.
The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway opens a route through the Lickey Incline.
Birth of Victoria, 1st child of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, the Princess Royal
A Brunel-designed accommodation bridge is completed on the Challow to Wootton Bassett section of the Great Western Railway.
Brunel's stone culvert over By Brook is completed as part of the Great Western route through the Box area.
Following the orders of Lord Palmerston, a British expedition blockades the Mouth of Pearl River and moves north to take Zhoushan. Led by Gordon Bremer in the Wellesley, they captured the empty city after an exchange of gunfire with shore batteries that caused only minor casualties
The limestone bridge uses Brunel's characteristic elliptical arch.
The Copperhouse Foundry at Hayle receives the contract to manufacture suspension chains for Brunel's Clifton bridge.
The structure carries Brunel's Great Western route through central Bath.
Completes the original Gatehampton Viaduct across the River Thames.
Appointed Governor of South Australia
The steamship directors accept Brunel's recommendation and approve converting the vessel to screw propulsion.
Designs a Great Western Railway bridge near Saltford.
Designs an accommodation bridge south of Kemble for the railway.
The bridge forms part of Brunel's Bristol-to-Bath railway section.
The viaduct forms part of the pioneering Great Western main line.
Completes the original Moulsford Viaduct across the Thames.
Construction begins on Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.
Designs Nelson's Column for Trafalgar Square.
Edward Oxford fires a shot at Victoria
Designs the Great Western Railway crossing over the River Chew.
Commands HMS Terror as second-in-command of Ross's Antarctic expedition
The masonry structure belongs to the pioneering Bristol-Bath section.
An expeditionary force of British Indian army troops aboard 15 barracks ships, four steam-powered gunboats and 25 smaller boats reached Canton from Singapore. The marines were headed by James Bremer. Bremer demanded the Qing Government compensate the British for losses suffered from interrupted trade
Palmerston sends 16 British warships to Guangzhou
Palmerston sends 16 British warships to Guangzhou
Publication of "Sordello"
Completes the skew railway bridge over the Avon at Bath.
The elegant masonry crossing carries Brunel's broad-gauge railway.
The structure incorporates arches, railway facilities and workers' accommodation.
Completes the long Twerton Viaduct for the Great Western Railway.
Brunel incorporates railway facilities and workers' dwellings into the long masonry viaduct at Twerton.
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