1840

Category:Chronology
==January==
January 11 - Elders John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff arrive in Liverpool, England, to start their mission to the British Isles.
==February==
==March==
==April==
==May==
* May 27 - Millennial Star first published in Manchester, England.
==June==
* June 6 - The first group of Mormon emigrants from Europe board the Britannia at Liverpool, England, and sailed for New York.
==July==
==August==
==September==
==October==
==November==
==December==
* December 16 - Governor Thomas Carlin of Illinois signs the bill granting the Nauvoo Charter.
==Unknown Dates==
==Births==
==Deaths==
* September 14 - Joseph Smith, Sr., dies.