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•  January 15, 1844 – University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.
•  February 28, 1844 – A gun on USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing eight people, including two United States Cabinet members.
•  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.
•  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.
•  June 6, 1844 – The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
•  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.
•  August 8, 1844 – The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
•  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.

•  January 7, 1844 – Bernadette Soubirous, French saint (d. 1879)
•  February 17, 1844 – Aaron Montgomery Ward, American department store founder (d. 1913)
•  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)
•  August 15, 1844 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1908)
•  September 10, 1844 – Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (d. 1918)
•  September 20, 1844 – William H. Illingworth, American photographer (d. 1893)
•  October 11, 1844 – Henry Heinz, American food manufacturer (d. 1916)