Historical Events In 1844

Jan 01   1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) in the year 1844.  

Jan 01   First edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) on this day in history.  

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

Jan 07   In the year 1844 marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary  

Jan 14   In the year 1844 clara Kathleen Rogers, composer  

Jan 15   Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   In the year 1844 the University of Notre Dame is founded  

Jan 15   U of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana on this day in history.  

Jan 20   In the year 1844 johan Peter Selmer, composer  

Jan 25   In the year 1844 frederick E Kitziger, composer  

Jan 25   Recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative in the year 1844.  

Jan 30   In the year 1844 moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17)  

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

Feb 02   Leander Schlegel, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 03   Hector Berlioz' "Carnaval Romain," premieres in Paris in the year 1844.  

Feb 04   Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Feb 15   Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86 in the year 1844.  

Feb 17   In the year 1844 a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)  

Feb 18   In the year 1844 willem Maris, Dutch painter (Hague School)  

Feb 20   In the year 1844 ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)  

Feb 21   In the year 1844 charles-Marie Widor, Lyons France, composer/prof (Paris Conservatory)  

Feb 22   In the year 1844 kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer  

Feb 27   In the year 1844 dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)  

Feb 27   Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Feb 28   On this day in history 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes  

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

Feb 28   On this day in history uS Secretary of State Abel Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas Gilmer, and several others die when a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton explodes.  

Feb 29   In the year 1844 thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67  

Mar 02   Hermanus J A M Schaepman, clergyman/Dutch politician in the year 1844.  

Mar 04   Josip Jurcic, Slovenian writer (10th Brother) on this day in history.  

Mar 06   On this day in history nicolai Rimski-Korsakov, composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee) (NS 3/18)  

Mar 07   On this day in history anthony Comstock, New Canaan Ct, anti-vice crusader/philatelist  

Mar 08   King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway on this day in history.  

Mar 09   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice on this day in history.  

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Jan 04   Thomas H Rollinson, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   In the year 1844 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   In the year 1844 birth of ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)  

Jan 20   Johan Peter Selmer, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 25   Frederick E Kitziger, composer was born in the year 1844.  

Jan 30   Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17) was born in the year 1844.  

Feb 01   Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 15   Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 04   On this day in history willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49  

Feb 15   On this day in history henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86  

Feb 16   Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) died in the year 1844.  

Feb 27   On this day in history nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85  

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 on this day in history.