Page 2: 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) in the year 1844.   

Mar 18   In the year 1844 nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade)   

Mar 18   In the year 1844 the birth of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer   

Mar 19   On this day in history ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia)   

Mar 21   In the year 1844 leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65   

Mar 21   Origin of Bahá'í Era-Bahá'í calendar starts here (Bahá 1, 1) on this day in history.   

Mar 21   In the year 1844 origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1)   

Mar 23   In the year 1844 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 in the year 1844.   

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   Joseph Ludwig, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 08   Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 16   On this day in history anatole France, writer (Thaïs, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921)   

Apr 16   On this day in history the birth of Anatole France, French writer   

Apr 22   Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

May 01   On this day in history samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message   

May 01   In the year 1844 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   Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies in the year 1844.   

May 08   On this day in history hermann Gradener, composer   

May 09   In the year 1844 [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders)   

May 20   In the year 1844 henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter (Dream)   

May 21   On this day in history guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68   

May 22   Mary Cassatt, US, Impressionist painter (Woman Bathing) in the year 1844.   

May 23   On this day in history declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1)   

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

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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   On this day in history birth of clara Kathleen Rogers, composer   

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

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

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

Jan 30   Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1844 willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49   

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 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.