Historical Events In 1844

May 24   Samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg) in the year 1844.   

May 24   On this day in history the Baltimore Patriot carries the first-ever telegraphed news dispatch (received from Washington, D C )   

May 24   In the year 1844 william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies   

May 25   In the year 1844 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot   

May 27   Samuel F.B. Morse completes first telegraph line on this day in history.   

May 28   In the year 1844 leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer   

May 30   In the year 1844 louis Varney, composer   

Jun 01   In the year 1844 galusha Pennypacker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1916   

Jun 03   Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet in the year 1844.   

Jun 03   Louis-Antoine, the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme, dies in the year 1844.   

Jun 06   The Young Men's Christian Association is founded in London. (Some 130+ years later, a group known as the Village People would gain a hit recording with "YMCA.") in the year 1844.   

Jun 06   Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) forms in London on this day in history.   

Jun 06   Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London in the year 1844.   

Jun 10   In the year 1844 j Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school)   

Jun 14   In the year 1844 edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist   

Jun 15   Charles Goodyear receives a patent for his process to strengthen rubber on this day in history.   

Jun 15   On this day in history goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber   

Jun 15   Thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66 in the year 1844.   

Jun 15   On this day in history vulcanised rubber patented by Charles Goodyear   

Jun 21   Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo) in the year 1844.   

Jun 22   Influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University on this day in history.   

Jun 25   John Tyler took Julia Gardiner as his bride, thus becoming the first U.S. President to marry while in office in the year 1844.   

Jun 26   On this day in history uS pres John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in NYC   

Jun 27   Hyrum Smith, founder/leader (Mormon Church), shot by mob in Carthage Ill in the year 1844.   

Jun 27   On this day in history the birth of Joseph Smith, Founder of the Mormon church   

Jul 01   Verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika) in the year 1844.   

Jul 03   The last pair of Great Auks is killed in the year 1844.   

Jul 08   On this day in history mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School)   

Jul 11   In the year 1844 peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia   

Jul 12   On this day in history charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63   

Jul 13   Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jul 19   Heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Jul 22   In the year 1844 william Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms)   

Jul 23   Christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office 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 in the year 1844.   

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

Jan 25   Frederick E Kitziger, composer was born in the year 1844.   

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   On this day in history joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78   

Jan 31   In the year 1844 death of henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)   

Feb 04   On this day in history 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 in the year 1844.   

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 in the year 1844.