Page 2: Historical Events In 1844

Mar 10   Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer (Spanish Dancing) in the year 1844.   

Mar 14   King Umberto I, of Italy (1878-1900) on this day in history.   

Mar 15   In the year 1844 bransby Cooper, cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test)   

Mar 18   Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 19   Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia) in the year 1844.   

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

Mar 23   In the year 1844 eugene Gigout, composer   

Mar 27   Alophus Washington Greely, US, Arctic explorer on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid in the year 1844.   

Mar 30   Paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur) in the year 1844.   

Mar 31   On this day in history andrew Lang, Scotland, author (The Blue Fairy Book)   

Apr 04   In the year 1844 charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80   

Apr 06   Joseph Ludwig, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 08   Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1844.   

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) on this day in history.   

Apr 16   The birth of Anatole France, French writer in the year 1844.   

Apr 22   On this day in history henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76   

May 01   Samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message on this day in history.   

May 01   Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate in the year 1844.   

May 02   On this day in history elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents   

May 03   Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist in the year 1844.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter (Dream)   

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

May 22   In the year 1844 mary Cassatt, US, Impressionist painter (Woman Bathing)   

May 23   Declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1) on this day in history.   

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!" in the year 1844.   

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

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

Jan 14   Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer was born in the year 1844.   

Jan 16   In the year 1844 birth of ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)   

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

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

Jan 30   In the year 1844 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 in the year 1844.   

Jan 15   In the year 1844 joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 16   In the year 1844 death of joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)   

Feb 27   On this day in history nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85   

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