Page 3: Historical Events In 1844

May 24   Samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg) in the year 1844.   

May 24   The Baltimore Patriot carries the first-ever telegraphed news dispatch (received from Washington, D C ) on this day in history.   

May 24   In the year 1844 william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies   

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

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   Louis Varney, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 01   Galusha Pennypacker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1916 in the year 1844.   

Jun 03   On this day in history detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet   

Jun 03   Louis-Antoine, the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme, dies on this day in history.   

Jun 06   In the year 1844 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 10   J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school) on this day in history.   

Jun 14   Edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist on this day in history.   

Jun 15   Charles Goodyear receives a patent for his process to strengthen rubber in the year 1844.   

Jun 15   On this day in history goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber   

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

Jun 15   Vulcanised rubber patented by Charles Goodyear on this day in history.   

Jun 21   Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo) on this day in history.   

Jun 22   In the year 1844 influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University.   

Jun 25   On this day in history john Tyler took Julia Gardiner as his bride, thus becoming the first U.S. President to marry while in office.   

Jun 26   In the year 1844 uS pres John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in NYC   

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

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) in the year 1844.   

Jul 03   The last pair of Great Auks is killed on this day in history.   

Jul 08   On this day in history mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School)   

Jul 11   Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia in the year 1844.   

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

Jul 13   Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1844.   

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

Jul 22   In the year 1844 william Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms)   

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 in the year 1844.   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary   

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   In the year 1844 birth of johan Peter Selmer, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history birth of eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)   

Jan 15   In the year 1844 joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78   

Jan 31   On this day in history death of henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)   

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