1841
Appearance
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 18th century–19th century–20th century |
Decades: | 1810s1820s1830s–1840s–1850s1860s1870s |
Years: | 183818391840–1841–184218431844 |
Gregorian calendar | 1841 MDCCCXLI |
Ab urbe condita | 2594 |
Armenian calendar | 1290 ԹՎ ՌՄՂ |
Assyrian calendar | 6591 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1762–1763 |
Bengali calendar | 1248 |
Berber calendar | 2791 |
British Regnal year | 4Vict. 1– 5Vict. 1 |
Buddhist calendar | 2385 |
Burmese calendar | 1203 |
Byzantine calendar | 7349–7350 |
Chinese calendar | Canh tửNăm(MetalRat) 4537 or 4477 — to — Tân xấu năm(MetalOx) 4538 or 4478 |
Coptic calendar | 1557–1558 |
Discordian calendar | 3007 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1833–1834 |
Hebrew calendar | 5601–5602 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | 1897–1898 |
-Shaka Samvat | 1762–1763 |
-Kali Yuga | 4941–4942 |
Holocene calendar | 11841 |
Igbo calendar | 841–842 |
Iranian calendar | 1219–1220 |
Islamic calendar | 1256–1257 |
Japanese calendar | Tenpō12 ( thiên bảo 12 năm ) |
Javanese calendar | 1768–1769 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
Korean calendar | 4174 |
Minguo calendar | 71 beforeROC Dân trước 71 năm |
Nanakshahi calendar | 373 |
Thai solar calendar | 2383–2384 |
Tibetan calendar | Dương kim chuột năm (male Iron-Rat) 1967 or 1586 or 814 — to — Âm Kim Ngưu năm (female Iron-Ox) 1968 or 1587 or 815 |
1841(MDCCCXLI) was acommon yearstarting on Fridayof theGregorian calendarand acommon year starting on Wednesdayof theJulian calendar,the 1841st year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 841st year of the2nd millennium,the 41st year of the19th century,and the 2nd year of the1840sdecade. As of the start of 1841, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
[change|change source]- January 26– TheUnited KingdomoccupiesHong Kong.Later during the year, the first census of theislandrecorded a population of about 7,500.
- February 10– TheProvince of Canadais made afterUpper CanadaandLower Canadaare combined.[1]
- February 18– The first ongoingfilibusterin theUnited States Senatebegins and lasts untilMarch 11.
- March 4–Martin Van Buren,President of the United Statesis succeeded byWilliam Henry Harrison.
- March 9– TheUS Courtrules in theAmistadcase that theAfricanswho took over the ship had been taken intoslaveryillegally.
- April 4–US PresidentWilliam Henry Harrisondies ofpneumoniabecoming the first President of the United States to die in office and at one month, the elected president with the shortest term served. He is succeeded byVice PresidentJohn Tyler.
- August 16–U.S. PresidentJohn Tylervetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of theSecond Bank of the United States.EnragedWhig Partymembers riot outside theWhite Housein the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
- September 24–United Kingdomtakes overSarawakfromBrunei;James Brookeis electedrajah
- November 13–James Braidfirst sees a demonstration ofanimal magnetism,which leads to his study of the subject he
eventually callshypnosis.
- Queen's Universityis founded in Kingston, Canada, by Rev. Thomas Liddell, who carried aRoyal CharterfromQueen Victoriaand became the school's first Principal.
- Fordham Universityis founded inThe Bronxby theSociety of Jesus.Its name at founding is St. John's College.
- With the help of industrialespionage,August Borsigbuilds the firstGermanlocomotives.
Births
[change|change source]- January 7–Bernadette Soubirous,avisionaryfromLourdes.(died1879)
- January 14–Berthe Morisot,French painter (died1895)
- January 25–Jackie Fisher,British admiral (died1920)
- January 28–Henry Morton Stanley,Welsh explorer andjournalist(died1904)
- February 2–François-Alphonse Forel,Swisshydrologist(died1912)
- February 4–Clément Ader,French engineer, inventor, and airplane pioneer (died1926)
- February 25–Pierre-Auguste Renoir,French painter (died1919)
- March 8–Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.,U.S. Supreme Court Justice (died1935)
- April 13–Louis-Ernest Barrias,Frenchsculptor(died1905)
- May 10–James Gordon Bennett, Jr.,American newspaper publisher (died1918)
- July 29–Gerhard Armauer Hansen,Norwegiandoctor and scientist (d.1912)
- August 25–Emil Kocher,Swiss medical researcher who was given theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine(died1917)
- September 8–Antonín Dvořák,Czech composer (died1904)
- September 28–Georges Clemenceau,French statesman (died1929)
- October 7– KingNicholas I of Montenegro(died1921)
- October 16– PrinceHirobumi Ito,Japanese governor of Korea (died1909)
- November 6–Nelson W. Aldrich,Senator fromRhode Island(died1915)
- November 9– KingEdward VII of the United Kingdom(died1910)
- November 20–Wilfrid Laurier,seventhPrime Minister of Canada(died1919)
- December 6–Frédéric Bazille,French painter (died1870)
- December 20–Ferdinand Buisson,French pacifist who was given theNobel Peace Prize(died1932)
Deaths
[change|change source]- February 17–Ferdinando Carulli,Italianguitarist
- March 1–Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno,French marshal (born1764)
- April 4–William Henry Harrison,9thPresident of the United States(born1773)
- April 28–Peter Chanel,French Roman Catholic missionary (martyred) (born1803)
- May 20–Joseph Blanco White,British theologian (born1775)
- May 23–Franz Xaver von Baader,German philosopher and theologian (born1765)
- June 1–David Wilkie,Scottish artist (born1785)
- June 1–Nicolas Appert,French inventor (born 1749).
- August 24–Theodore Edward Hook,English writer (born1788)
Art, music, theatre, and literature
[change|change source]References
[change|change source]- ↑"Canada Gazette – 160 Years of the Canada Gazette – page 10".Canada Gazette. 2011-09-19. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-03-25.Retrieved2012-03-22.