Historical Events In 1844

Mar 10   Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer (Spanish Dancing) on this day in history.   

Mar 14   On this day in history king Umberto I, of Italy (1878-1900)   

Mar 15   Bransby Cooper, cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test) on this day in history.   

Mar 18   Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade) in the year 1844.   

Mar 18   On this day in history the birth of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer   

Mar 19   Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia) on this day in history.   

Mar 21   On this day in history leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65   

Mar 21   On this day in history origin of Bahá'í Era-Bahá'í calendar starts here (Bahá 1, 1)   

Mar 21   On this day in history origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1)   

Mar 23   On this day in history eugene Gigout, composer   

Mar 27   In the year 1844 alophus Washington Greely, US, Arctic explorer   

Mar 28   Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid on this day in history.   

Mar 30   On this day in history paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur)   

Mar 31   In the year 1844 andrew Lang, Scotland, author (The Blue Fairy Book)   

Apr 04   Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Apr 06   In the year 1844 joseph Ludwig, composer   

Apr 08   In the year 1844 ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72   

Apr 12   On this day in history texan envoys sign Treaty of Annexation with the United States   

Apr 16   Anatole France, writer (Thaïs, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921) in the year 1844.   

Apr 16   In the year 1844 the birth of Anatole France, French writer   

Apr 22   In the year 1844 henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76   

May 01   Samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message in the year 1844.   

May 01   On this day in history whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate   

May 02   In the year 1844 elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents   

May 03   In the year 1844 edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist   

May 06   On this day in history johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote   

May 08   On this day in history charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies   

May 08   Hermann Gradener, composer in the year 1844.   

May 09   On this day in history [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders)   

May 20   Henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter (Dream) in the year 1844.   

May 21   In the year 1844 guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68   

May 22   Mary Cassatt, US, Impressionist painter (Woman Bathing) on this day in history.   

May 23   In the year 1844 declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1)   

May 24   On this day in history samuel F B Morse opens America's first telegraph line between Washington, D C and Baltimore, MD with the message "What hath God wrought!"   

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Jan 04   On this day in history birth of thomas H Rollinson, composer   

Jan 07   In the year 1844 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   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   Frederick E Kitziger, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 01   In the year 1844 birth of eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)   

Jan 15   Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1844.   

Feb 15   On this day in history henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86   

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