Historical Events In 1844

Mar 10   Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer (Spanish Dancing) in the year 1844.  

Mar 14   King Umberto I, of Italy (1878-1900) in the year 1844.  

Mar 15   On this day in history bransby Cooper, cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test)  

Mar 18   Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade) on this day in history.  

Mar 18   On this day in history the birth of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer  

Mar 19   In the year 1844 ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia)  

Mar 21   In the year 1844 leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65  

Mar 21   On this day in history origin of Bahá'í Era-Bahá'í calendar starts here (Bahá 1, 1)  

Mar 21   On this day in history origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1)  

Mar 23   Eugene Gigout, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 27   Alophus Washington Greely, US, Arctic explorer on this day in history.  

Mar 28   In the year 1844 jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid  

Mar 30   Paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur) on this day in history.  

Mar 31   Andrew Lang, Scotland, author (The Blue Fairy Book) in the year 1844.  

Apr 04   In the year 1844 charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80  

Apr 06   Joseph Ludwig, composer on this day in history.  

Apr 08   Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Apr 12   On this day in history texan envoys sign Treaty of Annexation with the United States  

Apr 16   Anatole France, writer (Thaïs, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921) on this day in history.  

Apr 16   The birth of Anatole France, French writer in the year 1844.  

Apr 22   Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1844.  

May 01   In the year 1844 samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message  

May 01   Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate in the year 1844.  

May 02   Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents in the year 1844.  

May 03   Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist on this day in history.  

May 06   Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote on this day in history.  

May 08   In the year 1844 charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies  

May 08   Hermann Gradener, composer on this day in history.  

May 09   [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders) in the year 1844.  

May 20   Henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter (Dream) on this day in history.  

May 21   On this day in history guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68  

May 22   On this day in history mary Cassatt, US, Impressionist painter (Woman Bathing)  

May 23   Declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1) on this day in history.  

May 24   On this day in history samuel F B Morse opens America's first telegraph line between Washington, D C and Baltimore, MD with the message "What hath God wrought!"  

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Jan 04   On this day in history birth of thomas H Rollinson, composer  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary  

Jan 14   Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer was born in the year 1844.  

Jan 16   Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919) was born in the year 1844.  

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of johan Peter Selmer, composer  

Jan 25   In the year 1844 birth of frederick E Kitziger, composer  

Jan 30   Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 01   Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen) was born in the year 1844.  

Jan 15   On this day in history joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78  

Jan 31   Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) died in the year 1844.  

Feb 04   Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 in the year 1844.  

Feb 15   In the year 1844 henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86  

Feb 16   In the year 1844 death of joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)  

Feb 27   Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 in the year 1844.  

Feb 28   Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton on this day in history.  

Feb 29   Thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1844.