Historical Events In 1844

May 24   Samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg) on this day in history.  

May 24   The Baltimore Patriot carries the first-ever telegraphed news dispatch (received from Washington, D C ) in the year 1844.  

May 24   On this day in history william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies  

May 25   In the year 1844 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot  

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1844.  

Jun 06   On this day in history 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.")  

Jun 06   Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) forms in London in the year 1844.  

Jun 06   On this day in history young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London  

Jun 10   In the year 1844 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 on this day in history.  

Jun 15   On this day in history thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66  

Jun 15   In the year 1844 vulcanised rubber patented by Charles Goodyear  

Jun 21   Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo) in the year 1844.  

Jun 22   Influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 27   On this day in history hyrum Smith, founder/leader (Mormon Church), shot by mob in Carthage Ill  

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   Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School) in the year 1844.  

Jul 11   Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia on this day in history.  

Jul 12   Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jul 13   Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jul 19   Heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Jul 22   William Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms) on this day in history.  

Jul 23   Christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office on this day in history.  

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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 in the year 1844.  

Jan 14   Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 20   Johan Peter Selmer, composer was born in the year 1844.  

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

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

Jan 31   In the year 1844 death of henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 16   On this day in history death of joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)  

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

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

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