| 1/1/1840, Wed | New Year's Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 1/6/1840, Mon | Epiphany / Three Holy Kings |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 2/29/1840, Sat | Last weekend of Carnival |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Period of gaiety•the last weekend festive and active in Frankfurt. Low key in Berlin & Hamburg.
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| 3/1/1840, Sun | Last weekend of Carnival |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Period of gaiety•the last weekend festive and active in Frankfurt. Low key in Berlin & Hamburg.
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| 3/3/1840, Tue | Shrove Tuesday-end of Carnival |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Only some banks closed; Period of gaiety•changes in each city.
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| 4/17/1840, Fri | Good Friday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 4/19/1840, Sun | Easter |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 4/20/1840, Mon | Easter Monday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 5/1/1840, Fri | May Day / Labor Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 5/28/1840, Thu | Ascension |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 6/8/1840, Mon | Whit Monday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 6/18/1840, Thu | Whitsuntide |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 6/18/1840, Thu | Corpus Christi |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 8/8/1840, Sat | Augsburg Peace Festival (Friedensfest) |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 8/15/1840, Sat | Ascension of the Virgin Mary (Assumption) |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 10/3/1840, Sat | Day of German Unity |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5 aka National Day
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| 11/1/1840, Sun | All Saints' Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 12/24/1840, Thu | Christmas Eve |
- Businesses Closed
- PM
- Banks Closed
- PM
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5 Half day holiday
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| 12/25/1840, Fri | Christmas Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 12/26/1840, Sat | Boxing Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 12/31/1840, Thu | New Year's Eve |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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