Historical Events In 1844

Jan 01   1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history first edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)   

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   Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer in the year 1844.   

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

Jan 15   On this day in history the University of Notre Dame is founded   

Jan 15   U of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana in the year 1844.   

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

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

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

Feb 02   On this day in history leander Schlegel, composer   

Feb 03   Hector Berlioz' "Carnaval Romain," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 17   A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward) on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Willem Maris, Dutch painter (Hague School) on this day in history.   

Feb 20   Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Charles-Marie Widor, Lyons France, composer/prof (Paris Conservatory) in the year 1844.   

Feb 22   Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer in the year 1844.   

Feb 27   Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day) in the year 1844.   

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   On this day in history abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton   

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   On this day in history thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67   

Mar 02   On this day in history hermanus J A M Schaepman, clergyman/Dutch politician   

Mar 04   In the year 1844 josip Jurcic, Slovenian writer (10th Brother)   

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

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

Mar 08   In the year 1844 king Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway.   

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

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

Jan 07   Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of clara Kathleen Rogers, composer   

Jan 16   In the year 1844 birth of ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)   

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

Jan 25   On this day in history birth of frederick E Kitziger, composer   

Jan 30   On this day in history birth of moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17)   

Feb 01   In the year 1844 birth of eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)   

Jan 15   In the year 1844 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   Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 28   In the year 1844 abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton   

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