Important Events
- Feb 4 World's oldest known Bible, "The Codex Sinaiticus" (Sinai Bible), is discovered or stolen in Egypt by Constantin von Tischendorf
- May 24 Samuel Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" in the world's first telegraph message
More Historical Events
1844 in Sport
- Sep 25 Canada defeats USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international
Elijah McCoy
Friedrich Nietzsche
Henry John Heinz
Karl Benz
Louis Riel
Thomas EakinsWorld Leaders in 1844
John Tyler
10th US President- Robert Peel
British Prime Minister
John Tyler
Robert PeelFamous People in 1844
- Charles Dickens
Novelist - Giuseppe Verdi
Composer
Charles Dickens
Giuseppe VerdiWould 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
- Sep 29 New York Politician Boss Tweed (21) weds Mary Jane C. Skaden
Henry Addington
Joseph Smith Jr