Notable Historical Events - 1844
1844 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) |
Jan 15 |
University of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana |
Jan 25 |
Recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative |
Feb 3 |
Hector Berlioz' "Carnaval Romain," premieres in Paris |
Feb 14 |
Lt. John C. Frémont first European to discover Lake Tahoe in the US |
Feb 27 |
Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day) |
Feb 28 |
12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes |
Mar 8 |
King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway. |
Mar 9 |
Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani" premieres in Venice |
Mar 21 |
Origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1) |
Mar 21 |
The original date predicted by William Miller of Massachusetts for the return of Christ and the end of the world. |
Mar 28 |
Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio" premieres in Madrid |
Apr 12 |
Texan envoys sign Treaty of Annexation with the United States |
May 1 |
Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate |
May 6 |
Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote |
May 23 |
Declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1) |
May 24 |
Samuel Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph message) |
May 25 |
1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot |
Jun 6 |
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) forms in London |
Jun 15 |
Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber |
Jun 22 |
Influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University. |
Jul 3 |
The last pair of Great Auks is killed. |
Jul 27 |
Fire destroys US mint at Charlotte, NC |
Jul 29 |
NY Yacht Club forms |
Jul 30 |
1st US yacht club organized, NY Yacht Club |
Aug 8 |
Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following the death of Joseph Smith |
Aug 29 |
1st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win |
Sep 5 |
Iron ore discovered in Minnesota's Mesabi Mountains |
Sep 25 |
Canada defeats USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international |
Sep 28 |
Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden. |
Oct 1 |
German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt departs Jimbour, the farthest outpost of settlement on the Queensland Darling Downs, to begin his exploration of Australia's Northern Territory from Moreton Bay to Port Essington |
Oct 22 |
Millerite Adventists wait for appearance of Jesus |
Nov 6 |
Spain grants Dominican Rep independence |
Nov 23 |
Independence of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark. |
Dec 3 |
RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms |
Dec 4 |
James K. Polk elected 11th US President |
Dec 11 |
1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct |
Dec 21 |
The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement. |
Dec 30 |
Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg) |
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