What Happened In History Year 1844

Historical Events for the Year 1844

• 15th January » University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.
• 27th February » The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
• 28th February » A gun on USS Princeton 1843 6 explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing eight people, including two United States Cabinet members.
• 8th March » Monarchy of Sweden King Oscar I of Sweden Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Union between Sweden and Norway Sweden and Norway.
• 30th March » One of the most Battle of Santiago (1844) e.g important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
• 24th May » Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a Bible biblical quotation, Book of Numbers Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate the fir
• 15th June » Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
• 27th June » Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are Death of Joseph Smith, Jr. called murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
• 3rd July » The last pair of Great Auks is killed.
• 8th August » The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
• 28th September » Oscar I of Sweden named Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
• 22nd October » The Great Anticipation: Millerites, followers of William Miller (preacher) e.g William Miller, anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment.
• 6th November » The first constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.
• 21st December » The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers commences business at its cooperative in Rochdale Rochdale, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom starting the History of the cooperative movement Cooperative movement.

Famous Birthdays in 1844

• 7th January » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (d. 1879)
• 16th January » Ismail Qemali, Albanian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1919)
• 1st February » G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (d. 1924)
• 17th February » Aaron Montgomery Ward, American businessman, founded Montgomery Ward (d. 1913)
• 20th February » Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (d. 1906)
• 20th February » Joshua Slocum, Canadian sailor and adventurer (d. 1909)
• 21st February » Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (d. 1937)
• 10th March » Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (d. 1908)
• 14th March » Umberto I of Italy, (d. 1900)
• 18th March » Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (d. 1908)
• 19th March » Minna Canth, Finnish writer and social activist (d. 1897)
• 27th March » Adolphus Greely, American general and explorer, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1935)
• 30th March » Paul Verlaine, French poet (d. 1896)
• 16th April » Anatole France, French journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
• 22nd April » Lewis Powell (conspirator) known as Lewis Powell, American attempted assassin of William H. Seward (d. 1865)
• 17th May » Julius Wellhausen, German orientalist and scholar (d. 1918)
• 21st May » Henri Rousseau, French painter (d. 1910)
• 22nd May » Mary Cassatt, American painter (d. 1926)
• 30th May » Félix Arnaudin, French poet and photographer (d. 1921)
• 1st June » John J. Toffey, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1911)
• 3rd June » Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899)
• 3rd June » Detlev von Liliencron, German poet and author (d. 1909)
• 6th June » Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (d. 1905)
• 29th June » Peter I of Serbia (d. 1921)
• 22nd July » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar (d. 1930)
• 25th July » Thomas Eakins, American painter, sculptor, and photographer (d. 1916)
• 26th July » Stefan Drzewiecki, Ukrainian-Polish engineer and journalist (d. 1938)
• 28th July » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English priest and poet (d. 1889)
• 4th August » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (d. 1929)
• 5th August » Ilya Repin, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1930)
• 6th August » Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)
• 6th August » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (d. 1896)
• 7th August » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author (d. 1911)
• 15th August » Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1908)
• 17th August » Menelik II of Ethiopia (d. 1913)
• 29th August » Edward Carpenter, English anthologist and poet (d. 1929)
• 10th September » Abel Hoadley, English-Australian candy maker, created the Violet Crumble (d. 1918)
• 16th September » Paul Taffanel, French flute player and conductor (d. 1908)
• 20th September » William H. Illingworth, American photographer (d. 1893)
• 29th September » Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 10th President of Argentina (d. 1909)
• 5th October » Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934)
• 11th October » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (d. 1916)
• 13th October » Ernest Myers, English poet and author (d. 1921)
• 15th October » Friedrich Nietzsche, German composer, poet, and philosopher (d. 1900)
• 22nd October » Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (d. 1923)
• 22nd October » Louis Riel, Canadian politician (d. 1885)
• 23rd October » Robert Bridges, English poet (d. 1930)
• 27th October » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Peace Prize or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
• 2nd November » Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (d. 1918)
• 10th November » Henry Eyster Jacobs, American educator and theologian (d. 1932)
• 25th November » Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (d. 1929)
• 1st December » Alexandra of Denmark (d. 1925)
• 4th December » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1914)

Famous Deaths in History for 1844

• 31st January » Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)
• 15th February » Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
• 16th February » Joseph Crosfield, English businessman (b. 1792)
• 27th February » Nicholas Biddle (banker) known as Nicholas Biddle, American banker (b. 1786)
• 8th March » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 18th May » Richard McCarty (U.S. politician) named Richard McCarty, American politician (b. 1780)
• 21st May » Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest and composer (b. 1775)
• 15th June » Thomas Campbell (poet) e.g Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1777)
• 19th June » Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French zoologist and biologist (b. 1772)
• 27th June » Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (b. 1800)
• 27th June » Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founded the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1805)
• 7th July » Lewis Powell (conspirator) e.g Lewis Payne (b. 1844)
• 11th July » Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian philosopher and poet (b. 1800)
• 15th July » Claude Charles Fauriel, French philologist and historian (b. 1772)
• 27th July » John Dalton, English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (b. 1776)
• 28th July » Joseph Bonaparte, French brother of Napoleon (b. 1768)
• 29th July » Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
• 4th August » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
• 29th August » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Congregation of Christian Brothers known as Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 28th September » Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)
• 14th November » John Abercrombie (physician) or John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 21st November » Ivan Krylov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1769)
• 2nd December » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)

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