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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1844.  

Jan 15   The University of Notre Dame is founded in the year 1844.  

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   Frederick E Kitziger, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 25   In the year 1844 recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative  

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

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

Feb 02   In the year 1844 leander Schlegel, composer  

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

Feb 17   On this day in history a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)  

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

Feb 20   On this day in history ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)  

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

Feb 22   On this day in history kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer  

Feb 27   On this day in history dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)  

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

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

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

Feb 28   US Secretary of State Abel Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas Gilmer, and several others die when a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton explodes in the year 1844.  

Feb 29   On this day in history thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67  

Mar 02   In the year 1844 hermanus J A M Schaepman, clergyman/Dutch politician  

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

Mar 06   In the year 1844 nicolai Rimski-Korsakov, composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee) (NS 3/18)  

Mar 07   Anthony Comstock, New Canaan Ct, anti-vice crusader/philatelist in the year 1844.  

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 in the year 1844.  

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

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   Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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   In the year 1844 willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49  

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   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 in the year 1844.  

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