1843

Year 1843 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * - The perform the first.
 * - 's opera I Lombardi premieres in
 * - The event that inspired the song is held.
 * -, was founded by the Hudson's Bay Company as a trading post and fort.



April - June

 * - proclaimed a British colony
 * - The Disruption of the took place in
 * - The first major headed for the northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from  on the.
 * - takes possession of the.

July - September

 * graduates from 21st from a class of 39.
 * graduates from 8th from a class of 39.
 * - The is launched from.
 * -, one of the oldest still intact s in the world, opened in ,.
 * -, one of the oldest still intact s in the world, opened in ,.

October - December

 * - In, and 11 others found  (the oldest ish service organization in the world).
 * - Ka La Ku'oko'a: Hawaiian Independence Day. The Kingdom of Hawai`i was officially recognized by the  and  as an independent nation.
 * - First publication of ' .

Undated

 * The world's first commercial s are printed by Sir in London.
 * quantifies the conversion of work into heat
 * In, , is the first black person elected to the Barbados House of Assembly
 * government re-establishes in  as an
 * First tunnel under is finished
 * supports Rosas of and begins a siege of
 * are discovered by.
 * is first published.
 * is founded.
 * is founded by descendants of from.
 * First publication of 's short story.

January - June

 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, American outlaw (d. )
 * -, 25th (d. )
 * -, photographer (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, Swiss politician, recipient of the (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, Austrian writer and pacifist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Norwegian composer (d. )
 * - Sir, British diplomat and scholar (d. )

July - December

 * -, Italian physician, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, German linguist (d. )
 * -, American statesman and businessman (d. )
 * - ,Swedish operatic soprano (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American industrialist, philanthropist and the father of (d. )
 * -, American railway magnate (d. )
 * -, German physician, recipient of the (d. )
 * date unknown -, Korean painter (d. )
 * probable -, French inventor of the (d. )

January - June

 * -, American lawyer and lyricist (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )
 * -, Scottish clergyman (b. )
 * -, German jurist (b. )
 * -, American lexicographer (b. )
 * -, American inventor (b. )
 * , English actor (b. )
 * , Spanish writer (b. )
 * -, German writer (b. )
 * -, German writer (b. )

July - December

 * -, American politician (b. )
 * or -, creator of the Cherokee syllabary (b. around )
 * -, British Governor-General of India (b. )


 * See also .