1844 - What happened in 1844 ?

January 1844

Monday 15:

University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana.

February 1844

Tuesday 27:

The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.

Wednesday 28:

A gun on USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing two United States Cabinet members and several others.

March 1844

Friday 08:

King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway

Saturday 30:

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 1844

Thursday 23:

Persian Prophet The Báb announces His revelation, founding Bábism.

Friday 24:

The first electric telegram is sent by Samuel F. B. Morse, from Baltimore, Maryland, to Washington, D.C., saying "What hath God wrought?".

June 1844

Thursday 06:

The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.

Saturday 15:

Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.

Thursday 27:

Joseph Smith, Jr. is murdered along with his brother Hyrum in the jail in Carthage, Illinois.

July 1844

Wednesday 03:

The last pair of Great Auks is killed.

August 1844

Thursday 08:

During a meeting held in Nauvoo, the Quorum of Twelve, headed by Brigham Young, is created as the leading body of the Mormon Church.

September 1844

Saturday 28:

Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.

October 1844

Tuesday 22:

The Great Disappointment: the second coming of Jesus and the end of the World failed to take place, despite the predictions of William Miller, disillusioning many adherents of Millerism.

November 1844

Sunday 03:

Debut of Giuseppe Verdi's I due Foscari, at Teatro Argentina, Rome.

Wednesday 06:

The Dominican Republic gains its independence from Haiti.