Page 3: Historical Events In 1844

May 24   On this day in history samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg)   

May 24   In the year 1844 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   1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot in the year 1844.   

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   Louis Varney, composer in the year 1844.   

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

Jun 03   Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet on this day in history.   

Jun 03   On this day in history louis-Antoine, the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme, dies   

Jun 06   In the year 1844 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.")   

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

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

Jun 10   J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school) in the year 1844.   

Jun 14   In the year 1844 edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist   

Jun 15   Charles Goodyear receives a patent for his process to strengthen rubber in the year 1844.   

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

Jun 15   On this day in history thomas Campbell, poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66   

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

Jun 21   On this day in history ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo)   

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

Jun 25   On this day in history john Tyler took Julia Gardiner as his bride, thus becoming the first U.S. President to marry while in office.   

Jun 26   US pres John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in NYC on this day in history.   

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

Jun 27   The birth of Joseph Smith, Founder of the Mormon church in the year 1844.   

Jul 01   In the year 1844 verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika)   

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   Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia on this day in history.   

Jul 12   Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63 in the year 1844.   

Jul 13   In the year 1844 johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66   

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

Jul 22   William Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms) on this day in history.   

Jul 23   On this day in history christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary   

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

Jan 25   In the year 1844 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   On this day in history birth of eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)   

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

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

Feb 04   In the year 1844 willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49   

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

Feb 16   Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) died in the year 1844.   

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

Feb 28   In the year 1844 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.