Page 3: Historical Events In 1844

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

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

May 24   William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies in the year 1844.   

May 25   1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot on this day in history.   

May 27   Samuel F.B. Morse completes first telegraph line in the year 1844.   

May 28   Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer in the year 1844.   

May 30   In the year 1844 louis Varney, composer   

Jun 01   On this day in history galusha Pennypacker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1916   

Jun 03   Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet in the year 1844.   

Jun 03   On this day in history louis-Antoine, the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme, dies   

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   Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London in the year 1844.   

Jun 10   On this day in history j Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school)   

Jun 14   On this day in history edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist   

Jun 15   On this day in history charles Goodyear receives a patent for his process to strengthen rubber.   

Jun 15   Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber in the year 1844.   

Jun 15   Thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jun 15   On this day in history vulcanised rubber patented by Charles Goodyear   

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

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

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

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

Jun 27   In the year 1844 hyrum Smith, founder/leader (Mormon Church), shot by mob in Carthage Ill   

Jun 27   The birth of Joseph Smith, Founder of the Mormon church in the year 1844.   

Jul 01   Verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika) on this day in history.   

Jul 03   The last pair of Great Auks is killed in the year 1844.   

Jul 08   Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School) in the year 1844.   

Jul 11   On this day in history peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia   

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

Jul 13   In the year 1844 johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66   

Jul 19   On this day in history heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77   

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

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

Jan 14   In the year 1844 birth of clara Kathleen Rogers, composer   

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)   

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

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

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 in the year 1844.   

Jan 15   Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1844.   

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   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   In the year 1844 nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85   

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

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