Historical Events in 1844
- Jan 1 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)
- Jan 15 University of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana
- Jan 25 Recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative
- Feb 3 Hector Berlioz's "Carnaval Romain" premieres in Paris
- Feb 14 John C. Frémont and his party become the first Europeans to discover Lake Tahoe during his second expedition through the American West
- Feb 27 Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)
- Feb 28 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes, killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Secretary of the Navy Thomas Gilmer, and other high-ranking U.S. federal officials
- Feb 28 6th Grand National: John Crickmere wins aboard 5/1 co-favourite Discount
- Mar 8 King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway
- Mar 9 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani" premieres in Venice
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1844 in Sport
- Sep 25 Canada defeats USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Henry John Heinz
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Louis Riel
Menelik IIFamous People in 1844
Charles Dickens
Novelist- Giuseppe Verdi
Composer
Charles Dickens
Giuseppe VerdiWorld Leaders in 1844
- John Tyler
10th US President - Robert Peel
British Prime Minister
John Tyler
Robert Peel
Would You Believe?
Would You Believe?12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes, killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Secretary of the Navy Thomas Gilmer, and other high-ranking U.S. federal officials
On February 28, 1844
Famous Weddings in 1844
- Sep 29 New York Politician Boss Tweed (21) weds Mary Jane C. Skaden
Henry Addington
John Dalton
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