What happened in 1844?

War of Dominican Independence

Wars & Conflicts · Hispaniola

1843–1849 war between the Dominican Republic and Haiti

Franco-Moroccan War

Wars & Conflicts · Morocco

1844 war between France and Morocco

Battle of Isly

Wars & Conflicts · Oujda

1844 battle

Franco-Tahitian War

Wars & Conflicts · Society Islands

1844–1847 military conflict in modern-day French Polynesia

Battle of Santiago (1844)

Wars & Conflicts · Santiago de los Caballeros

Battle of the Dominican War of Independence

Battle of Azua

Wars & Conflicts · Azua

1844 first major battle of the Dominican War of Independence

Battle of Fuente del Rodeo

Wars & Conflicts · Baoruco Province

First battle of the Dominican War of Independence (1844–1856)

Second Assault of Dellys

Wars & Conflicts

French assault in Algeria

Battle of Tadamait

Wars & Conflicts

Battle between The Emirate Of Mascara and the French Army

Battle of Porongos

Wars & Conflicts · Pinheiro Machado

Battle during the Ragamuffin War, Brazil

Fort Knox

Wars & Conflicts

fort in Maine, United States

Fort Montgomery

Wars & Conflicts

fort

Bombardment of Tangiers

Wars & Conflicts · Tangier

1844 bombardment

Bombardment of Mogador

Wars & Conflicts · Essaouira

1844 French naval attack on Morocco.

Treaty of Wanghia

Politics & Government

Treaty signed by Qing dynasty of China and United States in 1844. One of the first series of unequal treaties in modern Chinese history.

Treaty of Tangiers

Politics & Government · Tangier

1844 treaty between Morocco and France

Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha died

People · Gotha

Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1784-1844)

John Dalton died

People · Manchester

British chemist and mathematician (1766–1844)

Aaron Chorin died

People · Arad

Hungarian rabbi

Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen died

People · Vienna

Austrian general (1757-1844)

Franz Sieber died

People · Prague

Austrian botanist (1789-1844)

Francis Baily died

People · London

British astronomer

Mamiya Rinzō died

People · Edo

Japanese explorer

Basil Hall died

People · Royal Hospital Haslar

Died in Royal Hospital Haslar. Royal Navy officer (1788-1844).

Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart died

People · Karlovy Vary

Austrian composer, teacher and performer; youngest son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791-1844)

Thomas James Henderson died

People · Edinburgh

Scottish lawyer, astronomer and mathematician (1798-1844)

Jacob Aall died

People · Arendal

Politician, historian, landowner and economist (1773-1844)

Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer died

People · Stuttgart

German biologist and naturalist (1765-1844)

Thomas Charles Hope died

People · Edinburgh

British physician and chemist

Vittorio Fossombroni died

People · Florence

Italian mathematician, statesman, economist and engineer (1754-1844)

Ithiel Town died

People · New Haven

American architect

Franz von Paula Hladnik died

People · Ljubljana

Botanist, schoolmaster (1773-1844)

Duncan Farquharson Gregory died

People · Edinburgh

British mathematician (1813–1844)

Edme-Jean Baptiste Bouillon-Lagrange died

People · Paris

French chemist and pharmacist (1764-1844)

Henry Robinson Palmer died

People · Metropolitan Borough of Westminster

British civil engineer

Magnus Andreas Thulstrup died

People · Copenhagen

Norwegian surgeon (1769-1844)

Adrien-Jean-Pierre Thilorier died

People · Paris

French inventor (1790–1844)

Antoine André Louis Reynaud died

People · Paris

(1771-1844)

Christian Gobrecht died

People · Philadelphia

United States Mint engraver

Jean Pierre Joseph d'Arcet died

People · Paris

French chemist

Gustaf Hällström died

People · Helsinki

Finnish scientist (1775-1844)

Jordaki Kuparenko died

People · Warsaw

Polish aviation inventor

Peter Nicholson died

People · Carlisle

Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer

Benoît Raclet died

People · Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais

French viticulturist

Tomás de Suría died

People · Mexico City

Spanish engraver and diarist (1761–1844)

Thomas Westbrook Waldron died

People · Macau

First United States consul to Hong Kong (1814–1844)

Ludwig Engelhard Krebs died

People · Hanover

German apothecary and natural history collector (1792-1844)

John Charles Darke died

People · Hereford

Australian explorer

Carl Blum died

People · Berlin

German musician

Friedrich Karl Julius Schütz died

People · Leipzig

German journalist and historian

Harriet Siddons died

People · Edinburgh

Scottish actress and theatre manager

Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek died

People · Prague

Czech playwright and actor (1783-1844)

Đuro Milutinović died

People · Grahovo

Blind guslar, 1774-1844

Friedrich Nietzsche born

People · Röcken

Born in Röcken. German philosopher (1844-1900).

Sarah Bernhardt born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French stage actress, painter and sculptor (1844–1923).

Anatole France born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French writer (1844–1924).

Paul Verlaine born

People · Metz

Born in Metz. French poet (1844-1896).

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov born

People · Tikhvin

Born in Tikhvin. Russian composer (1844–1908).

Ludwig Boltzmann born

People · Vienna

Born in Vienna. Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906).

Mehmed V born

People · Çırağan Palace

Born in Çırağan Palace. 35th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1909–1918).

Klas Pontus Arnoldson born

People · Domkyrkoförsamlingen in Göteborg

Born in Domkyrkoförsamlingen in Göteborg. Swedish politician (1844-1916).

Menilek II born

People · Ankober

Born in Ankober. Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Shewa (1844-1913).

ʻAbdu'l-Bahá born

People · Tehran

Born in Tehran. Son of Bahá'u'lláh and leader of the Bahá'í Faith.

Abdur Rahman Khan born

People · Emirate of Afghanistan

Born in Emirate of Afghanistan. Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901.

Garret Hobart born

People · Long Branch

Born in Long Branch. Vice president of the United States from 1897 to 1899.

Peter I of Serbia born

People · Belgrade

Born in Belgrade. Serbian noble (1844–1921); King of Serbia from 1903 to 1918.

G. Stanley Hall born

People · Ashfield

Born in Ashfield. American psychologist and educator (1844–1924).

Gerard Manley Hopkins born

People · Stratford

Born in Stratford. English poet (1844–1889).

Andrew Lang born

People · Selkirk

Born in Selkirk. Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic (1844–1912).

Julius Wellhausen born

People · Hamelin

Born in Hamelin. German theologian and orientalist (1844–1918).

Edward Carpenter born

People · Hove

Born in Hove. English utopian socialist, poet and activist (1844–1929).

Detlev von Liliencron born

People · Kiel

Born in Kiel. German lyric poet and novelist (1844–1909).

George W. De Long born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American polar explorer (1844–1881).

Lujo Brentano born

People · Aschaffenburg

Born in Aschaffenburg. German economist and social reformer (1844–1931).

Gustave Schlumberger born

People · Guebwiller

Born in Guebwiller. French historian (1844–1929).

John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry born

People · Florence

Born in Florence. Scottish noble (1844-1900).

James Guillaume born

People · London

Born in London. Swiss anarchist (1844–1916).

Marie Hankel born

People · Schwerin

Born in Schwerin. German poet, writer and Esperantist (1844-1929).

Saitō Hajime born

People · Edo

Born in Edo. Japanese swordsman (1844–1915).

Philip Henry Wicksteed born

People · Leeds

Born in Leeds. English economist (1844–1927).

Charles XIV John of Sweden died

People · Stockholm Palace

Died in Stockholm Palace. King of Sweden and Norway between 1818–1844. Prince of Ponte Corvo 1806–1810 and French field marshal (1763–1844).

Umberto I of Italy born

People · Turin

Born in Turin. King of Italy (1844-1900).

Joseph Bonaparte died

People · Florence

Died in Florence. Brother of Napoleon Bonaparte; King of Naples (1806–08) and Spain (1808–13).

Lviv Polytechnic

Science & Technology

Technical university in Lviv

Konstfack

Science & Technology · Stockholm

Art college in Stockholm, Sweden

Liverpool Hope University

Science & Technology · Liverpool

University in Liverpool, England

Uman National University of Horticulture

Science & Technology

Education organization in Uman', Ukraine

Elisabeth-Krankenhaus Essen

Science & Technology

Architectural structure

North Wales Hospital

Science & Technology · Denbigh

Former hospital at Denbigh, Wales

Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires

Science & Technology · Barracas

Hospital in Argentina

State University of New York at Albany

Science & Technology

State university in Albany, New York

Renji Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Shanghai, China

University of Saint Mary of the Lake

Science & Technology

Catholic seminary in Mundelein, Illinois, U.S.

François Vase

Exploration & Discovery · National Archaeological Museum

Volute krater

Motu Nao

Exploration & Discovery

Island in French Polynesia

Hilandar Fragments

Exploration & Discovery · Russian Empire

Serbian medieval manuscript from the end of the 10th and the beginning of the 11th century, one of the oldest preserved Slavic monuments written in Cyrillic script

Avanton Gold Cone

Exploration & Discovery · National Archaeological Museum

Bronze Age artefact

Rudchester Mithraeum

Exploration & Discovery · Roman Britain

Mithraeum at Rudchester, Heddon-on-the-Wall, United Kingdom

USCS Robert J. Walker

Exploration & Discovery

Survey ship sunk near Atlantic City, New Jersey

Valley Paper Mill Chimney and Site

Exploration & Discovery

archaeological site in New York, United States of America

Nurul Islam Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in South Africa

Al-Majidiyyeh Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Beirut, Lebanon

Synagogue in Ziębice

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Ziębice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

St Mary's Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems · Newcastle upon Tyne

Catholic cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral, Odesa

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Odesa, Ukraine

Church of the Annunciation in Petrovsky Park

Religion & Belief Systems

Cultural heritage monument in Moscow

Madonna di Fatima Oratory

Religion & Belief Systems

Oratory in Chiasso, Switzerland

Chernigovsky Skit

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery in central Russia

Church of St. Paraskeva Serbian, Chernivtsi

Religion & Belief Systems · Chernivtsi

Church building in Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Tongluoquan Sanyuan Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Saint Michael Archangel church in Brzegi Dolne

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Brzegi Dolne, Poland

Collegiata di Santo Stefano

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Pieve Santo Stefano, Italy

Pyhäjoki Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Pyhäjoki parish village

1844–1974 church building in Pyhäjoki, Finland

Grave of Racine

Religion & Belief Systems · Père-Lachaise Cemetery - Division 27

Sepulchral chapel located in Paris, in France

St. Ann's and the Holy Trinity Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Brooklyn, New York, United States

Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic Church of Hawaii in the United States

Shrine of St. Joseph

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in St. Louis, United States of America

Sulphur Springs Cemetery

Religion & Belief Systems

cemetery in Sulphur Springs, Yell Count, Arkansas, United States

Grace Church Complex

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Old Whaler's Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Reformed Church on Staten Island

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York City, United States of America

Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Virginia, United States of America

Long Run Baptist Church and Cemetery

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic site in Kentucky, United States

Church of the Holy Cross

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Troy, New York, United States of America

Columbus Community Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

East Hounsfield Christian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Holland Congregational Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Holland, United States of America

Memorial Washington Reformed Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Illinois, United States of America

Methodist Episcopal Society of Tyringham

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Massachusetts, United States of America

Methodist Episcopal Church of Windham Centre

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Old Wing Mission

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Michigan, United States of America

chapelle de la Vierge-des-Sept-Douleurs de Goetzenbruck

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Moselle, in France

St. Wendelin chapel

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Sins in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

San Carlo Church and rectory

Religion & Belief Systems · Magadino

Chruch buildings in Magadino in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

Wakkerendijk 226, Eemnes

Religion & Belief Systems

Church of the Ascension in Sanok (Olchowce)

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Sanok, Poland

Church of Haghia Triada

Religion & Belief Systems · Heybeliada

Greek orthodox church in Heybeliada

Church Bühlau (Großharthau)

Religion & Belief Systems · Bühlau

Church building in Großharthau, Saxony, Germany

Wayside cross near school

Religion & Belief Systems

Ludwigstraße 22

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Old rectory in Samogoszcz

Religion & Belief Systems

Ganz Works

Economy & Trade · Budapest

Electrical manufacturing works in Budapest, Hungary

Whyte and Mackay

Economy & Trade · Glasgow

Scottish alcoholic beverage company

Kaiserliche Werft Danzig

Economy & Trade · Gdańsk

German shipbuilding company (1844-1918)

Burckhardt Compression

Economy & Trade · Winterthur

Company

Elementis

Economy & Trade · London

Business

Westfalia

Economy & Trade · Rheda-Wiedenbrück

Name given to various camper vans

Neafie & Levy

Economy & Trade · Kensington

Former American shipbuilding and engineering firm

Olsen Nauen Bell Foundry

Economy & Trade · Barkåker

Bell foundry in Tønsberg, Norway

JF Hillebrand

Economy & Trade · Mainz

German international logistics company

Sundnes Brenneri

Economy & Trade · Oslo

Norwegian potato processing plant and distillery

Kern & Sohn

Economy & Trade · Balingen

Manufacturer of microscopes

American Letter Mail Company

Economy & Trade · New York City

Defunct US company (1844–1851)

Gillett & Johnston

Economy & Trade · Bletchingley

English clockmaker and bell foundry

Joseph Cockshoot Co. Ltd.

Economy & Trade · Manchester

British coachbuilder

E. S. & A. Robinson

Economy & Trade · Bristol

British paper, printing and packaging company

Kasto

Economy & Trade · Achern

Manufacturing company

Herbol

Economy & Trade · Cologne

Company

Helko

Economy & Trade · Wuppertal

German manufacturer of axes

John Millar & Sons

Economy & Trade · Broxburn

Scottish confectionery company

1844 Salta earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake

USS Princeton Disaster of 1844

Disasters & Pandemics

Philadelphia nativist riots

Social Movements & Revolutions · Southwark

1844 riots in Philadelphia and elsewhere

Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Paris

St Paul's Pro-Cathedral

Architecture & Engineering

Cathedral

Church of the Redeemer

Architecture & Engineering · Sacrow

Church in Potsdam, Germany

Igreja da Sé

Architecture & Engineering

Cathedral of the Diocese of Macau

Basilique Notre-Dame de Bonsecours

Architecture & Engineering

Basilica located in Seine-Maritime, in France

St. Mary's Royal Church

Architecture & Engineering · Little Anatolia

Church in Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium

Sandnes Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Bygland, Agder, Norway

Valle Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Valle, Agder, Norway

Huguenot Church

Architecture & Engineering

Historic church building in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.

Church of the Holy Communion and Buildings

Architecture & Engineering

Church in New York City

Hægebostad Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Hægebostad Municipality, Southern Norway

Saint-Jacques Saint-Christophe de la Villette

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Paris, in France

Église Sainte-Geneviève

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Siloa Welsh Independent Chapel

Architecture & Engineering · Aberdare

Independent chapel in Aberdare

St Mark's Church, Worsley

Architecture & Engineering · Worsley

Grade I listed church in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Holy Rosary Church

Architecture & Engineering

Manton, Kentucky

St Wilfrid's Church, Davenham

Architecture & Engineering · Davenham

Church in Davenham, Cheshire, England, UK

St Stephen and All Martyrs' Church, Lever Bridge

Architecture & Engineering · Darcy Lever

Church in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK

St Paul's Church, Macclesfield

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Macclesfield, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK

Heilig Kruiskerk

Architecture & Engineering · Heusden

Church in Heusden, Belgium

St. Mary's Church, Garforth

Architecture & Engineering · Garforth

Church in Garforth, UK

Holy Trinity Church, Besthorpe

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

St. John the Baptist Church, Beeston

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Beeston, Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

St Paul's Church

Architecture & Engineering

Former church building in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Christ Church

Architecture & Engineering · Welshpool

Church in Welshpool, Powys, Wales

Church of St Peter, Blackley

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Manchester, UK

Peckforton Castle

Architecture & Engineering

Grade I listed country house in Peckforton, Cheshire, England, UK

Ludwigskirche

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Munich, Germany

fontaine Louvois

Architecture & Engineering · square Louvois

Fountain in Paris, France

Austriabrunnen

Architecture & Engineering · Freyung

Fountain

Statue of Charles IV, Křižovnické Square

Architecture & Engineering · Křižovnické náměstí

Sculpture in Prague, Czech Republic

Political Martyrs' Monument

Architecture & Engineering · Old Calton Burial Ground

Monument in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Château d'eau de Colmar

Architecture & Engineering

Penshaw Monument

Architecture & Engineering · Penshaw

Monument in Sunderland, England

Peter and Paul Church (Sevastopol)

Architecture & Engineering

Tomb of Karl Jetting

Architecture & Engineering · Saint Andrew's cemetery

Archbishop's Palace, Vynnychenka Street, Lviv

Architecture & Engineering

Yeşilköy Surp Stepanos Church

Architecture & Engineering · Marmara Region

Church building in İstanbul, Turkey

Dzınunt Surp Asdvadzadzni Armenian Church

Architecture & Engineering

Tarlabaşı Meryemana Metropolitan Church

Architecture & Engineering · Tarlabaşı

Our Lady of Purification Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in New Mexico, United States of America

Padgett's Creek Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in South Carolina, United States of America

Asbury United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church in Chesterfield, New Hampshire

Gallupville Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in New York, United States of America

St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in North Carolina, United States of America

Mount Bethel Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in New Jersey, United States of America

Pleasant Ridge United Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Weston, United States of America

Thomas Methodist Episcopal Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Virginia, United States

Memorial column to the 1770 battle of Cahul

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Vulcănești, Moldova

Kroll Opera House

Sports & Entertainment · Tiergarten

Former opera house in Berlin, Germany

Dominican Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic was founded, with its capital at Santo Domingo.

First Republic (Dominican Republic) founded

Empires & Countries · Santo Domingo

First Republic (Dominican Republic) was founded, with its capital at Santo Domingo.

Salamanca founded

Empires & Countries

Salamanca was founded.

Kota Bharu founded

Empires & Countries

Kota Bharu was founded.