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

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

Mar 18   On this day in history nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade)   

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) 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   Origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1) in the year 1844.   

Mar 23   Eugene Gigout, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Alophus Washington Greely, US, Arctic explorer in the year 1844.   

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

Mar 30   In the year 1844 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 in the year 1844.   

Apr 06   Joseph Ludwig, composer in the year 1844.   

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

Apr 12   Texan envoys sign Treaty of Annexation with the United States in the year 1844.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

May 06   In the year 1844 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   [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders) in the year 1844.   

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

May 21   Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

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!" on this day in history.   

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Jan 04   In the year 1844 birth of thomas H Rollinson, composer   

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

Jan 14   Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)   

Jan 20   In the year 1844 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 in the year 1844.   

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

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

Feb 16   Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) died on this day in history.   

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

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.