Page 2: Historical Events In 1844

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

Mar 14   King Umberto I, of Italy (1878-1900)   

Mar 15   Bransby Cooper, cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test).   

Mar 18   Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer is born.   

Mar 18   Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade)   

Mar 19   Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia)   

Mar 21   In this year, Origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1)   

Mar 21   Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65   

Mar 23   Eugene Gigout, composer   

Mar 27   Alophus Washington Greely, US, Arctic explorer.   

Mar 28   Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid.   

Mar 30   Paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur).   

Mar 31   Andrew Lang, Scotland, author (The Blue Fairy Book).   

Apr 04   Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80   

Apr 06   Joseph Ludwig, composer   

Apr 08   Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72   

Apr 12   Texan envoys sign Treaty of Annexation with the United States.   

Apr 16   Anatole France, French writer is born.   

Apr 16   Anatole France, writer (Thaïs, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921)   

Apr 22   Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76.   

May 01   Samuel Morse sends inaugural telegraphic message   

May 01   Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate   

May 02   Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents.   

May 03   Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist.   

May 06   Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote.   

May 08   Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies   

May 08   Hermann Gradener, composer.   

May 09   [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders)   

May 20   Henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter (Dream).   

May 21   Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68.   

May 22   Mary Cassatt, US, Impressionist painter (Woman Bathing).   

May 23   Declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1)   

May 24   Samuel F B Morse opens America's inaugural telegraph line between Washington, D C and Baltimore, MD with the message "What hath God wrought!"   

May 24   Samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg).   

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Jan 04   Thomas h rollinson: Composer   

Jan 07   Marie-bernarde soubirous: [st bernadette of lourdes], saint/visionary   

Jan 14   Clara kathleen rogers: Composer   

Jan 16   Ismail qemali: Albanian nationalist    

Jan 20   Johan peter selmer: Composer   

Jan 25   Frederick e kitziger: Composer   

Jan 30   Moritz f freiherr von bissing: German gen/gov-gen of belgium (1914-17)   

Feb 01   Eduard adolf strasburger: German botanist (angiospermen)   

Jan 15   Joseph mazzinghi: Composer,   

Jan 31   Henri gratien: Comte bertrand, french general (b. 1773)   

Feb 04   Willem de clerq: Dutch merchant/literary,    

Feb 15   Henry addington lord sidmouth: Brit premier (1801-04),   

Feb 16   Joseph crosfield: English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)   

Feb 27   Nicholas biddle: Us lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier,   

Feb 28   Abel p upshur: Secretary of state,    

Feb 29   Thaddaus weigl: Composer,