1844


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Year 1844 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March
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 * - The receives its charter from.
 * - Famous solo sailor is born in.
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 * - The gains independence from.
 * - A gun on the explodes while the boat is on a  cruise, killing two  members and several others.
 * - The at  is won by the 5/1 co favourite .
 * -  ascends to the throne of.
 * - The, the first railroad that is planned to be built in , is chartered.

April - June

 * - The for  in  is abolished.
 * -  The  announces His revelation to Mullah Hussein, just after sunset, founding the  in Shiraz, Persia. He announces to the world of the coming of "." He is considered the forerunner of, the founder of the.
 * - The first is sent by  from the U.S. Capitol in  to the B&O Railroad "outer depot" in, saying "What hath God wrought".
 * - founds the   in.
 * - receives a  for, a process to strengthen.
 * - Influential n  is founded at.
 * - is martyred with his brother  in,.

July - September

 * - The United States signs with the Chinese Government (the first diplomatic agreement between China and the United States in history).
 * - The last pair of s are killed on the island of.
 * - During a meeting held in, the , headed by , is chosen as the leading body of.
 * - and  meet in.

October - December

 * - Date predicted by the for the  of ; leads to the.
 * - 's  debuts at,.
 * - The drafts its first.
 * - defeats  in the.
 * - The commence business at their  in.

Undated

 * First ever international match is played in  between  and the.
 * chemistry professor invents the.
 * meets.
 * Alexander Fichet invents the first.
 * becomes dictator of.
 * is defeated at Isly in . The of  soon repudiates his ally.
 * The anonymously written ' is published and paves the way for the acceptance of 's book '.

January - June

 * - Julián Gayarre, Spanish opera singer (d. )
 * -, American department store founder (d. )
 * , Austrian physicist (d. )
 * , Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. )
 * -, French organist and composer (d. )
 * -, Spanish violinist (d. )
 * -, Russian composer (d. )
 * -, German botanist (d. )
 * -, French poet (d. )
 * -, French writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, German biblical scholar (d. )
 * -, French artist (d. )
 * -, American artist (d. )
 * -, Persian religious leader (d. )
 * -, 24th (d. )
 * -, 24th (d. )

July - December

 * - King (d. )
 * -, British scholar and Anglican priest (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American naval officer and explorer (d. )
 * -, American land developer (d. )
 * -, English Socialist poet (d. )
 * -, princess of (d. )
 * -, American photographer (d. )
 * -, German philosopher (d. )
 * , Canadian leader (d. )
 * , French actress (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American Lutheran theologian (d. )
 * -, German automotive pioneer (d. )
 * -, queen of (d. )
 * -, French science teacher and animation pioneer (d. )
 * probable -, Emir of Kabul, Emir of Kandahar, Emir of Afghanistan (d. )
 * probable -, Emir of Kabul, Emir of Kandahar, Emir of Afghanistan (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, French marshal (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, president of the Second Bank of the United States (b. )
 * - King, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, French Napoleonic general (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, Scottish chemist and discoverer of Strontium (b. )
 * , American religious leader (b. )
 * , American religious leader (b. )
 * , American religious leader (b. )

July - December

 * -, Russian poet and philosopher (b. )
 * -, English chemist and physicist (b. )
 * -, brother of and King of Naples and Spain (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )


 * See also .