1843 - What happened in 1843 ?

January 1843

Monday 23:

The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning.

February 1843

Monday 06:

The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).

Saturday 11:

Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi receives its first performance in Milan.

May 1843

Tuesday 16:

The first major wagon train heading for the Northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail.

August 1843

Tuesday 15:

Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.

October 1843

Sunday 01:

News of the World began publication in London.

Friday 13:

In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).

Monday 16:

Sir William Rowan Hamilton invents the concept of quaternions.

November 1843

Tuesday 28:

1843 - Ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day. The Kingdom of Hawai`i was officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.

December 1843

Sunday 17:

"A Christmas Carol", a fictional short story by Charles Dickens, is first published.