Events in year of 1843
- 01-04Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens
- 02-02US and British settlers in Oregon Country choose government committee
- 02-11Opera "I Lombardi, " premieres in Milan
- 03-03Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US
- 03-071st Catholic Governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office
- 03-14Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall)
- 03-21Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today
- 05-04Great-Britain annexes Natal
- 05-18United Free Church of Scotland forms
- 05-221st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon
- 06-01It snows in Buffalo and Rochester New York and Cleveland Ohio
- 06-01Sojourner Truth leaves New York to begin her career as antislavery activist
- 06-24Vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside of ghetto in Italy
- 06-26Hong Kong proclaimed a British Crown Colony
- 07-02An alligator falls from sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm
- 07-05Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil government in Oregon Country
- 07-12Mormon leader Joseph Smith say God OKs polygamy
- 08-08Natal (South Africa) is made a British colony
- 08-15National black convention meets (Buffalo NY)
- 08-15Tivoli Park in Copenhagen opens
- 08-26Charles Thurber patents a typewriter
- 08-301st blacks participation in National political convention (Liberty Party)
- 08-31Liberty Party nominates James Birneyas presidential candidate
- 10-201st Chinese immigrant arrives in Suriname
- 11-13Mt Rainier in Washington State erupts
- 11-27Opera "Bohemian Girl" is produced (London)
- 12-011st chartered mutual life insurance company opens
- 12-04Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Massachusetts
- 12-06Amsterdam-Utrecht railway opens
- 12-13"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold
People born in year of 1843
- 01-01Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky: Composer
- 01-09Christiaan A Ulder: Composer (waltzes / tumbas)
- 01-20Pierre-Paul Cambon: French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London)
- 01-23Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg: Composer
- 01-29William McKinley: Niles, Ohio -- (R) 25th President (1897-1901)
- 02-19Adelina Patti: Madrid, Spain -- Opera soprano (Lucio)
- 02-22Affonso de Escragnolle Taunay: France -- Writer (Inocencia)
- 03-05William F Sudds: Composer
- 03-06Artur Napoleao dos Santos: Composer
- 03-08Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom: Composer
- 03-18Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom: Premier of Belgium (1899)
- 04-01Ludwig Enneccerus: German jurist
- 04-04Hans Richter: Composer
- 04-08Asger Hamerik [Hammerich]: Composer
- 04-14Gustave Leon Huberti: Composer
- 04-15Carl Eilhardt: Composer
- 04-15Henry James: US / British writer / critic (Turn of the Screw, Bostonians)
- 05-02Carl Michael Ziehrer: Composer
- 05-06Grove Karl Gilbert: Geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah
- 05-09Belle Boyd: Spy (Confederate) / actress / lecturer
- 05-10Kaufmann Kohler: Reform rabbi / Theologian
- 05-13Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer: Belgian politician
- 05-21Louis Renault: French lawyer
- 05-23Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia: Composer
- 05-29Emile Pessard: Composer
- 06-03Frederik VIII CWK: King of Denmark (1906-12)
- 06-07Susan Elizabeth Blow: United States -- Pioneered kindergarten education
- 06-09Bertha von Suttner: Austria -- Novelist / pacifist (Nobel 1905)
- 06-10Heinrich von Herzogenberg: Composer
- 06-15Edvard Hagerup Grieg: Bergen, Norway -- Composer (Bewitched One)
People died in year of 1843
- 01-04Petronella Moens: Frisian Author / poetess, dies at 80
- 01-07Franz Schoberlechner: Composer, dies at 45
- 01-09Caroline Herschel: "1st lady of astronomy", dies at 98 in Germany
- 01-11Francis Scott Key: Composer (Star Spangled Banner), dies at 63
- 03-16Anton R Falck: Dutch Minister of Education / Colonies, dies at 65
- 04-14Joseph Franz Karl Lanner: Austria -- Composer / violist, dies at 42
- 05-12Johann Georg Lickl: Composer, dies at 74
- 06-22Gabriele Prota: Composer, dies at 88
- 07-02Samuel Hahnemann: German physician, dies at 88
- 07-09Washington Allston: US Painter / author, dies at 63
- 07-16Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck: Politician, dies at 68
- 08-10Jakob F Fries: German philosopher
- 09-03Cornelis PJ Elout: Military / President of West Sumatra, dies at 47
- 10-10Karl Theodor Toeschi: Composer, dies at 75
- 11-29Marco Santucci: Composer, dies at 81
- 12-12Willem I Frederik: King of the Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71
Events in year of 1844
- 01-15University of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana
- 01-25Recontre between Reps Weller and Shriver, US House of Representative
- 02-27Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)
- 02-2812-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes
- 04-12Texas became a US territory
- 05-01Samuel Morse sends 1st telegraphic message
- 05-01Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate
- 05-06Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote
- 05-24Samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph message)
- 05-251st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot
- 05-27Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line
- 06-15Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber
- 06-26US President John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in New York City
- 07-27Fire destroys US mint at Charlotte, North Carolina
- 07-29New York Yacht Club forms
- 07-301st US yacht club organized, New York Yacht Club
- 08-08Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death
- 08-291st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win
- 10-227th day adventists wait for appearance of Jesus
- 11-06Spain grants Dominican Rep independence
- 12-03RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms
- 12-04James K Polk elected 11th President of US
- 12-111st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Connecticut
- 12-30Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)
People born in year of 1844
- 01-04Thomas H Rollinson: Composer
- 01-07Marie-Bernarde Soubirous [St Bernadette of Lourdes]: Saint / visionary
- 01-14Clara Kathleen Rogers: Composer
- 01-20Johan Peter Selmer: Composer
- 01-25Frederick E Kitziger: Composer
- 01-30Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing: German General / Governor-General of Belgium (1914-17)
- 02-01Eduard Adolf Strasburger: German Botanist (Angiospermen)
- 02-01Granville Stanley Hall: United States -- Psychologist
- 02-02Leander Schlegel: Composer
- 02-17A Montgomery Ward: Founded mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)
- 02-18Willem Maris: Dutch painter (Hague School)
- 02-20Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann: Austria -- Physicist (statistical mechanics)
- 02-21Charles-Marie Widor: Lyon, France -- Composer / Professor (Paris Conservatory)
- 02-22Kazamierz Julian Kratzer: Composer
- 03-02Hermanus J A M Schaepman: Clergyman / Dutch politician
- 03-04Josip Jurcic: Slovenian writer (10th Brother)
- 03-06Nicolai Rimski-Korsakov: Composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee) (NS 3 / 18)
- 03-07Anthony Comstock: New Canaan, Connecticut -- Anti-vice crusader / philatelist
- 03-10Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez: Composer (Spanish Dancing)
- 03-14King Umberto I of Italy: (1878-1900)
- 03-18Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Tikhvin, Russia -- Composer (Scheherazade)
- 03-19Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown: Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia)
- 03-23Eugene Gigout: Composer
- 03-27Alophus Washington Greely: United States -- Arctic explorer
- 03-30Paul M Verlaine: France -- Lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur)
- 04-06Joseph Ludwig: Composer
- 05-02Elijah McCoy: Black inventor, held over 50 patents
- 05-03Edouard A Drumont: French anti-semitic journalist
- 05-08Hermann Gradener: Composer
- 05-09[Maria] Catharina Beersmans: Belgian actress (Bad Herders)
People died in year of 1844
- 01-15Joseph Mazzinghi: Composer, dies at 78
- 02-04Willem de Clerq: Dutch Merchant / literary, dies at 49
- 02-15Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth: British Premier (1801-04), dies at 86
- 02-27Nicholas Biddle: US lawyer / diplomat / Statesman / financier, dies at 85
- 02-28Abel P Upshur: Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
- 02-28Thommas W Gilmer: Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
- 02-29Thaddaus Weigl: Composer, dies at 67
- 03-21Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt: Dutch politician, dies at 65
- 04-04Charles Bulfinch: 1st US pro Architect (Mass State House), dies at 80
- 04-08Ignaz Franz von Mosel: Composer, dies at 72
- 04-22Henri-Montan Berton: Composer, dies at 76
- 05-08Charles XIV Johan [Jean B Bernadotte]: King of Sweden / Norway
- 05-21Guiseppi Baini: Composer, dies at 68
- 05-24William Crockford: Clubman / gambler
- 06-15Thomas Campbell: Poet (Ye Mariners of England), dies at 66
- 06-27Hyrum Smith: Founder / leader (Mormon Church), lynched in Carthage, Illinois
- 06-27Joseph Smith, Jr.: Founder / leader (Mormon Church), lynched at 38
- 07-12Charles-Louis Panckoucke: French publisher, dies at 63
- 07-13Johann Gansbacher: Composer, dies at 66
- 07-19Heinrich Domnich: Composer, dies at 77
- 07-23Christian Gobrecht: 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office
- 07-27John Dalton: Engl physicist / chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77
- 07-29Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart: Composer, dies at 53
- 08-11Jernej Kopitar: Filmologist / censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63
- 08-14Henry Francis Cary: Translator (Dante)
- 09-14Oliver Holden: Composer, dies at 78
- 09-27Charles Nodier: French writer (History du chien the Brisquet)
- 10-12Claude Tillier: French journalist / writer (My Uncle Benjamin)
- 11-01August Ferdinand Haeser: Composer, dies at 45
- 11-14Flora Tristan: Writer, dies at 41
Events in year of 1845
- 01-10Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning begin corresponding
- 01-23Uniform US election day for President and VP authorized
- 02-15William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, 1st uses 72" (183 cm) reflector
- 03-01President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas
- 03-031st time, US Senate overrides presidential (Tyler) veto
- 03-03Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery
- 03-03Florida becomes 27th state
- 03-04James K Polk inaugrated at 11th President
- 03-05Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US
- 03-17Bristol man, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour
- 03-17Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London
- 03-26Joseph Francis, NYC, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat
- 03-26Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid
- 03-28Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
- 04-02H L Fizeau and J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun
- 04-10More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 04-29Macon B Allen and Robert Morris Jr, 1st blacks to open law practice
- 05-031st black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to bar (Mass)
- 05-03Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China
- 05-14Utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens
- 05-17Rubber band patents
- 05-201st legislative assembly convenes in Hawaii
- 05-28Fire in Quebec Canada, 1,500 houses destroyed
- 06-01Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days
- 06-04Mexican-US war starts
- 06-12George Abernethy becomes 1st Governor of Oregon Country
- 07-04Henry David Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond
- 07-04Texas Congress votes for annexation to US
- 07-14Fire in NYC destroys 1,000 homes and kills many
- 07-16New York Yacht Club holds its 1st regatta
People born in year of 1845
- 01-07Louis III: Last King of Bavaria (1913-18)
- 01-07Paul Deusen: German philosopher (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft)
- 01-14Henry C K Petty-Fitzmaurice: 5th marquess of Landsdowne / Governor-General of Canada
- 01-15Ella Flagg Young: 1st woman President (National Educational Association)
- 01-15Heinrich Vogl: Composer
- 01-17Lucas Lindeboom: Dutch vicar / evangelist (Vredebond)
- 01-22Jacob Verdam: Dutch philologist
- 01-22Paul Vidal de la Blanche: France -- Geographer
- 02-03Ernest von Wildenbruch: German playwright (Sedan)
- 02-14Cecil De Vere: 1st official British chess champion (1866)
- 02-15Elihu Root: (R) / US Secretary of State (1905-09) / Nobel Peace Prize (1912)
- 02-26Aleksander Rozycki: Composer
- 02-26Alexander III: St. Petersburg, Russia -- Russian tsar (1881-94) (3 / 10 NS)
- 03-03Georg Cantor: German mathematician (discover transfinite numbers)
- 03-05Alfonse Hasselmans: Composer
- 03-10Alexander III A Romanov: Russian tsar (1881-94)
- 03-19Willem H de Beaufort: Dutch historian / politician
- 04-05Jules M Cambon: French Governor-General of Algeria / ambassador
- 04-17Isabel Barrows: United States -- Editor / penologist (Conference on Negro Question)
- 04-18Wilhelm Gericke: Composer
- 04-24Carl Spitteler: Switzerland -- Poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)
- 05-07Jacob van Stolk Azn: Timber Merchant / art collector
- 05-15Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov: USSR -- Zoologist / bacteriologist (Nobel 1908)
- 05-25William Muldoon: Belfast, New York -- Boxing commissioner (help find PAL)
- 05-30Amadeus I FM: Duke of Aosta / King of Spain (1870-73)
- 06-07Leopold von Auer: Hungarians / US violinist
- 06-17Hendrik P Staal: Dutch banker
- 07-04Thomas John Barnardo: English social worker
- 08-06Anthonie A Vorsterman van Oyen: Dutch genealogist
- 08-09Xavier Mellery: Belgian painter / illustrator
People died in year of 1845
- 01-23Francesco Ruggi: Composer, dies at 77
- 02-20Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov: Composer, dies at 57
- 03-11John Chapman [Johnny Appleseed]: Dies in Allen County, Indiana
- 03-19George Augustus Kollmann: Composer, dies at 56
- 03-22Franz Joseph Volkert: Composer, dies at 67
- 04-12Henry M baron the Kock: Officer / politician, dies at 65
- 04-18Nicholas T the Saussure: Swiss chemist / botany, dies at 77
- 04-25Thomas Duncan: Painter
- 05-02August Pauly: German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48
- 05-11Karoly Filtsch: Composer, dies at 14
- 05-12August Wilhelm Schlegel: German Poet / interpreter / critic, dies at 77
- 05-15Samuel I Wiselius: Dutch lawyer / businessman / writer, dies at 76
- 05-19Maria EJ Versfelt: Mistress of General Moreau / marshal Ney, dies at 68
- 06-08Andrew Jackson: (D) 7th President (1828-37), dies at 78
- 06-15Francesco Capaccini: Italian Cardinal / diplomat, dies at 60
- 07-09Jacob Earl of Rechteren / Appeltern: Gov of Gelderland, dies at 57
- 09-07Isabella Colbran: Wife of Italian Composer Gioacchino Rossini
- 09-10Karl August von Lichtenstein: Composer, dies at 78
- 09-16John Kinker: Translator / philosopher / poet, dies at 81
- 10-25Carel H Verhuell: Dutch / French Vice-Admiral, dies at 81
- 11-02Chretien Urhan: Composer, dies at 55
- 11-03Johan G Verstolk van Soelen: Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies at 69
- 12-02Johannes Simon Mayr: Composer, dies at 82