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Countries:     Australia - Canada - Germany - Ireland - New Zealand - Norway - South Africa - U. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends End of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe (1803 - 1815 Events and trends Nationalistic independence helped reshape the world during this decade Greece gains independence from the Ottoman Empire Events and trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday. Events and trends Technology First use of General anesthesia in an operation by Crawford Long. Events and Trends Industry Production of Steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 Events and Trends Technology The invention of the prototype telephone by Alexander G This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common 1844 in Archaeology Explorations Karl Richard Lepsius examines describes and maps Meroë The year 1844 in architecture involved some significant events List of years in Art Events July 31 - Opening of the Wadsworth Atheneum, the oldest art museum in the United States. The year 1844 in literature involved some significant new books Events Works published Isabella Banks ' Ivy Leaves, including "Neglected Wife" William Barnes ' Events November 25 - The Bohemian Girl music by Michael William Balfe and libretto by Alfred Bunn has its American The year 1844 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below See also Sports clubs established before 1850, 1850 in sports and the List of 'years in sports', and the History of sport article Events February events February 7 - The South Eastern Railway (UK is officially opened throughout from London to Dover See also 1843 in Australia, other events of 1844, 1845 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. See also 1843 in Canada, other events of 1844, 1845 in Canada and the List of 'years in Canada'. Events 15 December - Saint Malachy's Church Belfast is dedicated by Dr William Crolly, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate Population The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1844 was 73900 Māori and 12447 non-Māori See also 1843 in South Africa, other events of 1844, 1845 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. S. - UK

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For the game, see: 1844. Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Robert Peel, Conservative 1843 state leaders - Events of 1844 - 1845 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- Portugal Angola - # Temporarily vacant ( 1843 &ndash 1844) # Lorenço Germack Possolo, Governor-General This list contains Train games in the 18XX style those which recreate the building of railroad Corporations during the 19th century or games which use very

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Contents 1 Events of 1844 1.1 January - March 1.2 April - June 1.3 July - September 1.4 October - December 1.5 Undated 2 Births 2.1 January - June 2.2 July - December 3 Deaths 3.1 January - June 3.2 July - December

Events of 1844

January - March

• January 15 - The University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union

• February 27 - The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole:
• February 28 - A gun on the USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing two United States Cabinet members and several others. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Ship history Princeton was laid down 20 October 1842 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard as a 700-ton corvette The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid- Atlantic coast of the United States. The United States Cabinet (usually simplified as "the Cabinet" is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the Executive branch of the Federal government
• March 8 - King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Oscar I, born Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte ( July 4, 1799, Paris &ndash July 8, 1859, Stockholm The Union between Sweden and Norway (Unionen mellan Sverige och Norge Unionen mellom Norge og Sverige or the Swedish-Norwegian Kingdom was the union of the kingdoms of
• March 12 - The Columbus and Xenia Railroad, the first railroad that is planned to be built in Ohio, is chartered. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving The Columbus and Xenia Railroad was the first railroad to operate in Columbus Ohio. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads

April - June

• April - The Fleet Prison for debtors in London is abolished. April holidays and events National Poetry Month - in United States National Sexual Assault Awareness Month - in United Fleet Prison was a notorious London Prison. It was built in 1197 and situated off what is now Farringdon Street, on the eastern bank of the Fleet River A debtors' prison is a Prison for those who are unable to pay a Debt. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

• May 23 - Persian Prophet The Báb announces His revelation to Mullá Husayn, just after sunset, founding the Bábí Faith in Shiraz, Persia. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne layout and formatting it should ensure no clashes with the top of the infobox In Religion, a prophet (or prophetess) is a person who has encountered the Supernatural or the divine and serves as an intermediary Siyyid `Alí Muḥammad ( ( October 20, 1819 – July 9, 1850) was the founder of Bábism, and one of three central figures of the Mullá Husayn-i-Bushru'i (1813–1849 (ملا حسين البشروئي entitled Janáb-i-Bábu'l-Báb (Gate of the Gate was the first Letter of the Living in Bábism () is a religious movement that flourished in Persia from 1844 to 1852 then lingered on in exile in the Ottoman Empire (especially Cyprus) as He announces to the world of the coming of "He whom God shall make manifest. He whom God shall make manifest () is a Messianic figure in the religion of Babism. " He is considered the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Bahá'u'lláh ( ba-haa-ol-laa "Glory of God" ( November 12, 1817 – May 29, 1892) born Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Nuri The Bahá'í Faith is a Religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in nineteenth-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind
• May 24 - The first electrical telegram is sent by Samuel F. B. Morse from the U. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned The electrical telegraph is a telegraph that uses electric signals The electromagnetic telegraph is a device for human-to-human transmission Samuel Finley Breese Morse ( April 27, 1791 &ndash April 2, 1872) was an American painter of portraits and historic S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to the B&O Railroad "outer depot" in Baltimore, Maryland, saying "What hath God wrought". Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
• June 6 - George Williams founds the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in London. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Sir George Williams ( October 11, 1821 -1905 was the founder of the YMCA. The Young Men's Christian Association (" YMCA " or " the Y " was founded on June 6, 1844 in London England by a young man The Young Men's Christian Association (" YMCA " or " the Y " was founded on June 6, 1844 in London England by a young man London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• June 15 - Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Charles Goodyear ( December 29, 1800 - July 1, 1860) was the first American to vulcanize rubber, a process which he discovered in A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an Vulcanization (or Vulcanisation refers to a specific curing process of Rubber involving high heat and the addition of Sulfur or other equivalent curatives
• June 22 - Influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal Delta Kappa Epsilon ( ΔΚΕ; also pronounced D-K-E or "Deke" is a Fraternity founded at Yale College in 1844 by 15 men of the sophomore
• June 27 - Joseph Smith, Jr., founder and first Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), and his brother Hyrum, are martyred in Carthage Jail, Carthage, Illinois. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known For others named Hyrum Smith see Hyrum Smith (disambiguation Hyrum Smith ( February 9, 1800 – June 27, 1844 Carthage Jail, located in Carthage Illinois, was the location of the Death of Joseph Smith Jr Carthage is a city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States.

July - September

• July 3 - The United States signs The Sino-American Treaty of Wanghia with the Chinese Government (the first diplomatic agreement between China and the United States in history). Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. The Treaty of Wanghia ( is a diplomatic agreement between the Qing Empire and the United States, signed on 3 July 1844 in the.

• July 3 - The last pair of Great Auks are killed on the island of Eldey. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. The Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, formerly of the Genus Alca, is a Bird that became extinct in the mid-19th century Eldey (Fire Island is a small island about 10 miles off the coast of the Reykjanes Peninsula, southwest Iceland.
• August 8 - During a meeting held in Nauvoo, the Quorum of the Twelve, headed by Brigham Young, is chosen as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. There is also a Nauvoo Alabama, and a Nauvoo Pennsylvania Nauvoo ( is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois In the Latter Day Saint movement, the quorum of the Twelve (also known as the council of the Twelve, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Council Brigham Young (June 1 1801 &ndash August 29 1877 was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known
• August 28 - Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx meet in Paris. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Friedrich Engels (28 November 1820 – 5 August 1895 was a German social scientist and philosopher, who Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city

October - December

• October 22 - Date predicted by the Millerites for the Second Coming of Jesus; leads to the Great Disappointment. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus In Christianity, the Second Coming is the anticipated return of Jesus Christ from Heaven to earth an event that will fulfill aspects of Messianic Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) The Great Disappointment was a major event in the history of the Millerite movement, a 19th century American Christian sect.
• November 3 - Giuseppe Verdi's I due Foscari debuts at Teatro Argentina, Rome. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. I due Foscari ( The Two Foscaris) is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Largo di Torre Argentina is a square in Rome that hosts four Republican Roman temples and the remains of Pompey's Theater. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2
• November 6 - The Dominican Republic drafts its first Constitution. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity
• December 4 - James K. Polk defeats Henry Clay in the U.S. presidential election. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. James Knox Polk ( November 2 1795&ndashJune 15 1849 was the eleventh President of the United States, serving from March 4 1845 to March 4 1849 Henry Clay Sr ( April 12, 1777 &ndash June 29, 1852) was a nineteenth-century American statesman and Orator who The United States presidential election of 1844 saw Democrat James Knox Polk defeat Whig Henry Clay in a close contest that turned on foreign
• December 21 - The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, founded in 1844 was an early Consumer co-operative, and the first to pay a patronage Dividend, forming the basis for the Rochdale is a large Market town in Greater Manchester, England

Undated

• First ever international cricket match is played in New York City between Canada and the United States. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries The City of New York Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• Swedish chemistry professor Gustaf Erik Pasch invents the safety match. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Gustaf Erik Pasch (born Berggren) ( September 3 1788 — September 6 1862) was a Swedish inventor and Professor of chemistry A match is a consumable Tool for lighting a Fire under controlled circumstances on demand
• Locksmith Alexander Fichet invents the first safe. Locksmithing began as the science and art of making and defeating locks A safe (also called strongbox, coffer or kist) is a secure lockable box used for securing valuable objects against Theft or damage
• Carlos Antonio Lopez becomes dictator of Paraguay. Carlos Antonio López Ynsfrán ( November 4, 1790 &ndash September 10, 1862) was a Paraguayan Political figure. Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only
• Abd al-Qadir is defeated at Isly in Morocco. `Abd al-Qādir al-Jazā'irī ( 6 September, 1808 - 26 May, 1883, in Arabic عبد القادر الجزائري was an Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa The sultan of Morocco soon repudiates his ally. Sultan (سلطان is an Islamic title with several historical meanings Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa
• The anonymously written Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation is published and paves the way for the acceptance of Darwin's book The Origin of Species. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation was a book published anonymously in England in 1844 Charles Robert Darwin (February 12 1809 &ndash April 19 1882 was an English naturalist, who realised and demonstrated that all Species of life Charles Darwin 's On the Origin of Species (published 24 November 1859) is a seminal work in Scientific literature and arguably the
• The Free Church Institution would be established by Reverend Alexander Duff in Calcutta, India. Alexander Duff, DD LLD (April 15 1806 &ndash Sidmouth February 12 1878 was a Christian Protestant Presbyterian missionary of Scottish heritage This would later be merged with the General Assembly's Institution to form the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered in the Bengal Renaissance. The Scottish Church College, which is located at 1 & 3 Urquhart Square Calcutta 700006 is the oldest continuing Missionary administered liberal arts and sciences college The Bengal Renaissance refers to a social reform movement during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the region of Bengal in Undivided India during the
• Annual British iron production - 3 million tons.

Births

1844 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1844 MDCCCXLIV
Ab urbe condita	2597
Armenian calendar	1293 ԹՎ ՌՄՂԳ
Bahá'í calendar	0 – 1
Berber calendar	2794
Buddhist calendar	2388
Burmese calendar	1206
Chinese calendar	4480/4540-11-12 (癸卯年十一月十二日) — to — 4481/4541-11-22 (甲辰年十一月廿二日)
Coptic calendar	1560 – 1561
Ethiopian calendar	1836 – 1837
Hebrew calendar	5604 – 5605
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1899 – 1900
- Shaka Samvat	1766 – 1767
- Kali Yuga	4945 – 4946
Holocene calendar	11844
Iranian calendar	1222 – 1223
Islamic calendar	1259 – 1260
Japanese calendar	Tenpō 15Kōka 1 (弘化元年)
Korean calendar	4177
Thai solar calendar	2387
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January - June

• January 9 - Julián Gayarre, Spanish opera singer (d. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Bunsei and before Kōka. The period spanned the years from 1830 through 1844. was a after Tenpō and before Kaei. This period spanned the years from 1844 through 1848. The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. 1890)
• February 17 - Aaron Montgomery Ward, American department store founder (d. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Aaron Montgomery Ward ( February 17, 1844 - December 7, 1913) was an American Businessman notable for the invention 1913)
• February 20
  • Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (d. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann ( February 20, 1844 &ndash September 5, 1906) was an Austrian Physicist famous for his founding 1906)
  • Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Joshua Slocum ( February 20, 1844 &ndash on or shortly after 14 November, 1909) was a Canadian -born American seaman 1909)
• February 21 - Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (d. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor (February 21 1844 &ndash March 12 1937 was a French organist, Composer and teacher 1937)
• March 10 - Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués ( March 10 1844 &ndash September 20 1908, pronounced Sah-ra-SAH-teh was a Spanish 1908)
• March 18 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (d. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) also Nikolay 1908)
• March 25 - Adolf Engler, German botanist (d. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844 – 1930 was a German Botanist. 1930)
• March 30 - Paul Verlaine, French poet (d. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Paul-Marie Verlaine (vɛʁˈlɛn March 30, 1844 &ndash January 8, 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist 1896)
• April 16 - Anatole France, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Anatole France (16 April 1844—12 October 1924 born François-Anatole Thibault, Anatole France studied at the Collège Stanislas and after graduation The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1924)
• May 17 - Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Julius Wellhausen ( May 17, 1844 - January 7, 1918) was a German biblical scholar and Orientalist. 1918)
• May 21 - Henri Rousseau, French artist (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Henri Julien Félix Rousseau ( May 21, 1844 &ndash September 2, 1910) was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the 1910)
• May 22 - Mary Cassatt, American artist (d. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Mary Stevenson Cassatt ( May 22, 1844 &ndash June 14, 1926) was an American painter and Printmaker. 1926)
• May 23 - `Abdu'l-Bahá, Persian Bahá'í religious leader (d. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne ‘Abdu’l-Bahá ( ar عبد البهاء &lrm (23 May 1844 - 28 November 1921 born `Abbás Effendí, was the son of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the 1921)
• June 3 - Garret A. Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Garret Augustus Hobart (June 3 1844 &ndash November 21 1899 was the twenty-fourth Vice President of the United States. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death 1899)

July - December

• July 11 - King Peter I of Serbia (d. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. 1921)
• July 22 - William Archibald Spooner, British scholar and Anglican priest (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of William Archibald Spooner ( July 22, 1844 &ndash August 29, 1930) was a famous Oxford don after whom is named a linguistic 1930)
• July 28 - Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (d. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Gerard Manley Hopkins ( 28 July 1844 – 8 June, 1889) was an English Poet, Roman Catholic convert and 1889)
• August 6 - Prince Alfred of the United Kingdom, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Alfred Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Alfred Ernest Albert 6 August 1844 &ndash 30 July 1900 was the third Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha reigning between 1893 and 1900 1900)
• August 17 - Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Emperor Menelik II GCB, GCMG, ( Ge'ez ምኒልክ baptized as Sahle Maryam ( August 17, 1844 &ndash December 12 The Emperor ( Ge'ez: ንጉሠ ነገሥት nəgusä nägäst " King of Kings " of Ethiopia was the hereditary 1913)
• August 22 - George Washington DeLong, American naval officer and explorer (d. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. George Washington DeLong ( August 22, 1844 – October 31, 1881) was a United States Navy officer and ill-fated explorer 1881)
• August 23 - Hamilton Disston, American land developer (d. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Hamilton Disston ( August 23, 1844 – April 30, 1896) was a Real-estate developer who purchased four million Acres (16000 1896)
• August 29 - Edward Carpenter, English Socialist poet (d. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Also see Ed Carpenter. Edward Carpenter ( 29 August 1844 – 28 June 1929) was an English 1929)
• August 30 - Emily Ruete, princess of Zanzibar (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Emily Ruete (1844-1924 was born in Zanzibar as Sayyida Salme, Princess of Zanzibar and Oman. Zanzibar ( is part of the East African republic of Tanzania. It consists of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the 1924)
• September 20 - William H. Illingworth, American photographer (d. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. William H Illingworth (1844 - 1893 was an English photographer who accompanied both Captain James L 1893)
• October 5 - Francis William Reitz, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (d. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Francis William Reitz, Jr ( Swellendam, 5 October 1844 &ndash Cape Town, 27 March 1934 was a South African Lawyer, Politician, Statesman The Republic of the Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrystaat Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat) was an independent Boer republic in southern Africa 1934)
• October 15 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15 1844 August 25 1900 ( was a nineteenth-century German philosopher and classical philologist 1900)
• October 22
  • Louis Riel, Canadian leader (d. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Louis Riel (22 October 1844 &ndash 16 November 1885 in English was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis 1885)
  • Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (d. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sarah Bernhardt (October 22 1844 &ndash March 26 1923 was a French stage actress and has been referred to as "the most famous actress in the history of the world" 1923)
• October 23 - Robert Bridges, English poet (d. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Robert Seymour Bridges, OM, ( 23 October 1844 &ndash 21 April 1930) was an 1930)
• October 27 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Klas Pontus Arnoldson ( October 27, 1844 &ndash February 20, 1916) was a Swedish Author, Journalist, Politician The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1916)
• November 2 - Mehmed V, Ottoman Sultan (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Mehmed V ( Turkish: Mehmed V Reşad or Reşat Mehmet) ( November 2, 1844 – July 3, 1918) was the 35th Ottoman The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with 1918)
• November 10 - Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Henry Eyster Jacobs ( 10 November 1844 &ndash 7 July 1932) was an American educator and Lutheran theologian. 1932)
• November 13 - Andrew Harper, Scottish-Australian biblical scholar and teacher (d. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Rev Dr Andrew Harper (13 November 1844&ndash25 November 1936 was a Scottish – Australian biblical scholar teacher and school Principal. 1936)
• November 23 - Karl Benz, German automotive pioneer (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled Carl, ( November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg 1929)
• December 1 - Alexandra of Denmark, queen of Edward VII of England (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Carolina Marie Charlotte Louise Julia 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925 was Queen Consort to Edward VII of the United Kingdom 1925)
• December 8 - Émile Reynaud, French science teacher and animation pioneer (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Charles-Émile Reynaud ( December 8 1844 &ndash January 9 1918) was a French science teacher responsible for the first animated 1918)
• probable - Abdor Rahman Khan, Emir of Kabul, Emir of Kandahar, Emir of Afghanistan (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1901)

See also Category: 1844 births. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting

Deaths

January - June

• January 25 - Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Count d'Erlon, French marshal (b. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Jean-Baptiste Drouet Comte d'Erlon ( July 29, 1765 - January 25, 1844) was a marshal of France and a soldier in Napoleon 1765)
• January 27 - Charles Nodier, French writer (b. Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Charles Nodier ( April 29, 1780 &ndash January 27, 1844) was a French Author who introduced a younger generation 1780)
• February 15 - Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth, PC (30 May 1757 &ndash 15 February 1844 was a British statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1757)
• February 27 - Nicholas Biddle, president of the Second Bank of the United States (b. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Nicholas Biddle ( January 8 1786 – February 27 1844) was an American Financier who served as the president of the 1786)
• March 8 - King Charles XIV John of Sweden, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, French Napoleonic general (b. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Charles XIV John ( Karl XIV Johan) born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, later renamed Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte (26 January 1763 &ndash 8 March 1844 1763)
• May 18 - Richard McCarty, American politician (b. Year 1763 ( MDCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Richard McCarty ( February 19[[ 780]] - May 18[[ 844]] was a United States Representative from New York. 1780)
• June 13 - Thomas Charles Hope, Scottish chemist and discoverer of Strontium (b. Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Thomas Charles Hope (21 July 1766 - 13 June 1844 was in 1795 selected by Joseph Black as his assistant and eventual successor to the professorship of Chemistry at the 1766)
• June 27
  • Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (b. Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden For others named Hyrum Smith see Hyrum Smith (disambiguation Hyrum Smith ( February 9, 1800 – June 27, 1844 1800)
  • Joseph Smith, Jr., American religious leader (b. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. 1805)

July - December

• July 11 - Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet and philosopher (b. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Evgeny Abramovich Baratynsky (Russian Евгений Абрамович Баратынский — July 11, 1844) was lauded by Alexander Pushkin as 1800)
• July 27 - John Dalton, English chemist and physicist (b. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. John Dalton FRS (6 September 1766 &ndash 27 July 1844 was an English Chemist, Meteorologist and Physicist. 1766)
• July 28 - Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon I and King of Naples and Spain (b. Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte King of Naples and Sicily, King of Spain (during a time) and the Indies (never de facto and never de iure Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. 1768)
• July 29 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (b. Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart ( July 26[[ 791]] &ndash July 29[[ 844]] also known as F 1791)

See also Category: 1844 deaths. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

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