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   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   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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1844 detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet   

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   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 in the year 1844.   

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   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   On this day in history ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo)   

Jun 22   On this day in history 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 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   In the year 1844 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   The last pair of Great Auks is killed in the year 1844.   

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

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

Jul 12   On this day in history charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63   

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   In the year 1844 christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office   

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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   In the year 1844 birth of johan Peter Selmer, composer   

Jan 25   Frederick E Kitziger, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17) was born in the year 1844.   

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

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

Jan 31   Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) died on this day in history.   

Feb 04   Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1844 henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86   

Feb 16   In the year 1844 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   Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton on this day in history.   

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