1844 Calendar
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1844 Historical Event(s)
January 15, 1844
– University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.
March 21, 1844
– The Bahá'í calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Bahá'í calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Bahá'í Faith as the Bahá'í New Year or Náw-Rúz.
March 30, 1844
– One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
May 1, 1844
– Hong Kong Police Force, the world’s second, Asia’s first modern police force is established.
May 24, 1844
– Samuel Morse sends the message “What hath God wrought” (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland to inaugurate the first telegraph line.
June 15, 1844
– Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
June 27, 1844
– Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
July 3, 1844
– The last pair of Great Auks is killed.
October 22, 1844
– The Great Anticipation: Millerites, followers of William Miller, anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment.
December 21, 1844
– The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.
Who Were Born On 1844?
February 20, 1844
– Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909)
March 10, 1844
– Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist (d. 1908)
March 14, 1844
– Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy, British poet
April 22, 1844
– Lewis Thornton Powell, would-be assassin of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward (d. 1865)
May 17, 1844
– Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)
July 22, 1844
– William Archibald Spooner, English priest and scholar (d. 1930)
July 25, 1844
– Thomas Eakins, American artist (d. 1916)
October 22, 1844
– Sarah Bernhardt, French Actress (d. 1923)
October 23, 1844
– Robert Bridges, English poet (d. 1930)
December 1, 1844
– Alexandra of Denmark, Danish Queen Consort of Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1925)