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   In the year 1844 the Baltimore Patriot carries the first-ever telegraphed news dispatch (received from Washington, D C )   

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

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

May 27   In the year 1844 samuel F.B. Morse completes first telegraph line   

May 28   In the year 1844 leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer   

May 30   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 06   In the year 1844 young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London   

Jun 10   J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school) in the year 1844.   

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

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

Jun 15   Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1844 verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika)   

Jul 03   On this day in history the last pair of Great Auks is killed.   

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

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

Jul 19   In the year 1844 heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77   

Jul 22   On this day in history 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 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   On this day in history birth of ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)   

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of johan Peter Selmer, composer   

Jan 25   In the year 1844 birth of frederick E Kitziger, composer   

Jan 30   On this day in history 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   Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) died in the year 1844.   

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   Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) died on this day in history.   

Feb 27   Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 29   Thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.