Historical Events In 1844

Jan 01   1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history first edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)   

Jan 04   Thomas H Rollinson, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1844 marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary   

Jan 14   In the year 1844 clara Kathleen Rogers, composer   

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

Jan 15   The University of Notre Dame is founded on this day in history.   

Jan 15   On this day in history u of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana   

Jan 20   Johan Peter Selmer, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1844 frederick E Kitziger, composer   

Jan 25   On this day in history recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative   

Jan 30   On this day in history moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17)   

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

Feb 02   Leander Schlegel, composer in the year 1844.   

Feb 03   On this day in history hector Berlioz' "Carnaval Romain," premieres in Paris   

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 17   On this day in history a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)   

Feb 18   Willem Maris, Dutch painter (Hague School) in the year 1844.   

Feb 20   Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics) in the year 1844.   

Feb 21   On this day in history charles-Marie Widor, Lyons France, composer/prof (Paris Conservatory)   

Feb 22   Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer in the year 1844.   

Feb 27   In the year 1844 dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)   

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

Feb 28   In the year 1844 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes   

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

Feb 28   US Secretary of State Abel Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas Gilmer, and several others die when a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton explodes in the year 1844.   

Feb 29   Thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1844.   

Mar 02   On this day in history hermanus J A M Schaepman, clergyman/Dutch politician   

Mar 04   In the year 1844 josip Jurcic, Slovenian writer (10th Brother)   

Mar 06   On this day in history nicolai Rimski-Korsakov, composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee) (NS 3/18)   

Mar 07   On this day in history anthony Comstock, New Canaan Ct, anti-vice crusader/philatelist   

Mar 08   King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway in the year 1844.   

Mar 09   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice in the year 1844.   

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Jan 04   Thomas H Rollinson, composer was born in the year 1844.   

Jan 07   Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 16   Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 04   On this day in history willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49   

Feb 15   On this day in history 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 in the year 1844.   

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