The first computer printers were adaptations of existing punch card printing accounting machines or of electric typewriters. Printers were long used for teletypes before personal computers were invented. The first printer design was likely that of Charles Babbage who designed (but did not build) a rod-and-key printer for his "difference engine" in the early 1840's. The printer was actually built from his plans 150 years later, and completed in April, 2000.
The first postage stamp was issued by Great Britain on 1 May 1840. {| |- | It was referred to as the One Penny Black. It was issued in 1840 and depicted Queen Victoria. |}
The first computer program is thought to have been created by Ada Lovelace in the 1840's for Charles Babbage's general purpose computer. The program was called Notes and it was an algorithm that was to be used by a computer.
John Hudson Died of old age
in the year 1840
Charles Babbage arrived at the first mechanical computer by creating the Analytical Engine, a system capable of performing fully fledged arithmetic computations. He is also the inventor of the Difference Engine.
It was first invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1840
Charles Babbage was Ada Bryon Lovelace's mentor. He helped her to begin mathematical studies with Augustus de Moyan in 1840 at the University of London.
It was Ada Augusta (1815-52), the daughter of Lord Byron, who had become the Countess of Lovelace when she married. She studied mathematics enthusiastically under the famous Augustus de Morgan. Lady Lovelace learned how the Analytical Engine worked from an English translation of an Italian report by L.F. Menabrea of a talk about it given by Charles Babbage in Turin in 1840.
Charles Follen died in 1840.
Charles Warren was born in 1840.
Charles Crapsey was born in 1840.
Charles Barnard died in 1840.
Charles Lavigne was born in 1840.
Charles MacGregor was born in 1840.
Charles Alten died in 1840.
Charles Whittingham died in 1840.