This Year in History:
1840
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
During an exploring expedition, Captain Charles Wilkes sights the coast of eastern Antarctica and claims it for the United States. Wilkes’ group had set out in 1838, sailing around South…
Under the leadership of British statesman Edward G. Wakefield, the first British colonists to New Zealand arrive at Port Nicholson on North Island. In 1642, Dutch navigator Abel Tasman became…
