Historical Events In 1844
Friday, 29 March 2024
May 24 Samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg) in the year 1844.
May 24 On this day in history the Baltimore Patriot carries the first-ever telegraphed news dispatch (received from Washington, D C )
May 24 William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies in the year 1844.
May 25 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot on this day in history.
May 27 On this day in history samuel F.B. Morse completes first telegraph line
May 28 On this day in history leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer
May 30 In the year 1844 louis Varney, composer
Jun 01 Galusha Pennypacker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1916 on this day in history.
Jun 03 In the year 1844 detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet
Jun 03 Louis-Antoine, the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme, dies on this day in history.
Jun 06 The Young Men's Christian Association is founded in London. (Some 130+ years later, a group known as the Village People would gain a hit recording with "YMCA.") on this day in history.
Jun 06 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) forms in London on this day in history.
Jun 06 In the year 1844 young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London
Jun 10 On this day in history j Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school)
Jun 14 Edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist on this day in history.
Jun 15 In the year 1844 charles Goodyear receives a patent for his process to strengthen rubber.
Jun 15 Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber in the year 1844.
Jun 15 Thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66 on this day in history.
Jun 15 On this day in history vulcanised rubber patented by Charles Goodyear
Jun 21 On this day in history ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo)
Jun 22 In the year 1844 influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University.
Jun 25 John Tyler took Julia Gardiner as his bride, thus becoming the first U.S. President to marry while in office in the year 1844.
Jun 26 US pres John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in NYC in the year 1844.
Jun 27 Hyrum Smith, founder/leader (Mormon Church), shot by mob in Carthage Ill on this day in history.
Jun 27 On this day in history the birth of Joseph Smith, Founder of the Mormon church
Jul 01 Verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika) on this day in history.
Jul 03 On this day in history the last pair of Great Auks is killed.
Jul 08 On this day in history mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School)
Jul 11 Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia on this day in history.
Jul 12 Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63 in the year 1844.
Jul 13 Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1844.
Jul 19 Heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1844.
Jul 22 On this day in history william Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms)
Jul 23 On this day in history christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office
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