What Happened In February 1840 - Historical Events 1840 February

Historical Events for February, 1840

6th » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
10th » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

5th » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber (d. 1921)
5th » Hiram Maxim, American-English inventor, invented the Maxim gun (d. 1916)
15th » Titu Maiorescu, Romanian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1917)
22nd » August Bebel, German politician (d. 1913)
23rd » Carl Menger, Austrian economist (d. 1921)
23rd » Frederick Wicks, English author and inventor (d. 1910)
28th » Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)
29th » John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed the 'HMS Holland 1' (d. 1914)