1841

1841 in othercalendars
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

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century–19th century–20th century
Decades:	1810s1820s1830s–1840s–1850s1860s1870s
Years:	183818391840–1841–184218431844

1841(MDCCCXLI) was acommon year starting 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

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 intoslavery illegally.
April 4–US President William 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 President John Tyler.
August 16–U.S. President John 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 firstGerman locomotives.