Page 3: Historical Events In 1844

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

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   On this day in history 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot   

May 27   In the year 1844 samuel F.B. Morse completes first telegraph line   

May 28   Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer in the year 1844.   

May 30   In the year 1844 louis Varney, composer   

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

Jun 03   On this day in history detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet   

Jun 03   Louis-Antoine, the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme, dies on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 10   On this day in history 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   Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber on this day in history.   

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

Jun 15   Vulcanised rubber patented by Charles Goodyear in the year 1844.   

Jun 21   Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo) on this day in history.   

Jun 22   Influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University in the year 1844.   

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   In the year 1844 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) on this day in history.   

Jul 03   The last pair of Great Auks is killed on this day in history.   

Jul 08   Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School) on this day in history.   

Jul 11   Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia in the year 1844.   

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

Jul 13   Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1844.   

Jul 19   On this day in history heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1844.   

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 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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1844.   

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   Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton on this day in history.   

Feb 29   On this day in history thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67