1844 Events

1844 Charles Dickens publishes The Chimes
The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, a short novel by Charles Dickens, was written and published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol...
1844 Harriet Tubman marries John Tubman
In 1844 at the age of 25, she married John Tubman, a free African American who did not share her dream. Since she was a slave, she knew there could be a chance that she could be sold and ...
1844 Joseph Smith Jr. Runs For President Of The United States Of America
The first Mormon to seek the White House was also the first Mormon -- Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of the Mormon Church, whose 1844 presidential campaign is historically notable not only...
1844 P. T. Barnum and General Tom Thumb Tour Europe
They passed through a long corridor to a broad flight of marble steps, which led to the picture gallery, and there the Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Wellington...
1844 Feb 27 Trinitarios Declare the Independence of the Dominican Republic from Haiti
In 1838 Juan Pablo Duarte founded a secret society called La Trinitaria, which sought the complete independence of Santo Domingo without any foreign intervention. Ramón Matías Mella and F...
1844 Apr Edgar Allan Poe Moves to New York and Works for the New York Evening Mirror
One evening in January 1842, Virginia showed the first signs of consumption, now known as tuberculosis, while singing and playing the piano. Poe described it as breaking a blood vessel in...
1844 May 24 Samuel F. B. Morse Dispatched the First Telegraphic Message
On May 24, 1844, Samuel F. B. Morse dispatched the first telegraphic message over an experimental line from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. The message, taken from the Bible, Numbers 23:2...
1844 Jun 7 The Newspaper 'The Nauvoo Expositor' Publishes Its Only Issue
On June 7, 1844, William Law, a disaffected Mormon, published the first and only edition of the Nauvoo Expositor. It described in lurid prose all the evil things Joseph and other leaders ...
1844 Jun 8 The Texas Annexation Treaty Is Defeated
In 1843, President John Tyler came out in support of annexation, entering negotiations with the Republic of Texas for an annexation treaty, which he submitted to the Senate. On 8 June 184...
1844 Jun 27 Joseph Smith Jr. Is Killed
In the History of the Church the following account is given concerning Joseph Smith's death: 'Immediately there was a little rustling at the outer door of the jail, and a cry of surren...
1844 Nov "Thou Art The Man" Is Published
"Thou Art the Man," originally titled "Thou Art the Man!," is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844. It is an early experiment in detective fiction, like "The Murders ...
1844 Nov 5 James K. Polk Is Elected
On November 5, 1844, Democratic candidate James K. Polk defeated Whig Party candidate Henry Clay to become the eleventh president of the United States. Democrats nominated Polk as the nat...
1844 Nov 25 Karl Friedrich Benz is Born
Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled as Carl, (November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg, Germany) was a German engine designer and automobile engineer, generally regarde...