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1844 Historical Event(s)
February 27, 1844
– The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
March 8, 1844
– King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
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.
May 6, 1844
– The Glaciarium, the world’s first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
May 22, 1844
– Persian Prophet The Báb announces his revelation, founding Bábism. He announces to the world the coming of “He whom God shall make manifest”. He is considered the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
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 6, 1844
– The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
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.
November 6, 1844
– The first constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.
Who Were Born On 1844?
March 18, 1844
– Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (d. 1908)
April 16, 1844
– Anatole France, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
May 3, 1844
– Richard D'Oyly Carte, English theatrical impresario (d. 1901)
May 21, 1844
– Henri Rousseau, French artist (d. 1910)
May 23, 1844
– `Abdu'l-Bahá, Iranian religious figure (d. 1921)
May 30, 1844
– Félix Arnaudin, French poet and folklorist (d. 1921)
August 4, 1844
– Henri Berger, German composer and royal bandmaster (d. 1929)
August 15, 1844
– Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1908)
October 13, 1844
– Ernest Myers, English poet, Classicist and author (d. 1921)
December 1, 1844
– Alexandra of Denmark, Danish Queen Consort of Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1925)