Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1840 <<Previous year    Next year>> Georgia History Navidater Century 000's 1400's 1500's 1600's 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 January 24, 1840 Alabama legislature accepts the line established in the 1826 Georgia survey January 31, 1840 Farewell dinner held for Abraham Baldwin Longstreet, who will be leaving his law practice to assume the presidency of Emory University   University of Georgia, Athens (UGA)   Emory University July 16, 1840 First woman to graduate college in the United States, Catherine E. Brewer, Wesleyan College, Macon   City of Macon, Georgia   City of Macon, Georgia October 4, 1840 African Methodist Episcopal minister W. J. (Wesley John) Gaines is born in Wilkes County, Georgia   Wilkes County, Georgia The best search in Georgia History Georgia History Navidater Century 000's 1400's 1500's 1600's 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849
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