1843
1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).
EventsFebruary 6 - The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).February 11 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi premieres in MilanMay 18 - The Disruption of the Church of Scotland took place in Edinburgh May 22 - The first major wagon train headed for the northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail. October 13 - In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world). November 28 - Ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day. The Kingdom of Hawai`i was officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.December 17 - First publication of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. James Joule quantifies the conversion of work into heat In Barbados, the first colored man, Samuel Jackson Prescod, is elected to House of Assembly Danish government re-establishes althing in Iceland as an advisory body First tunnel under Thames is finished Argentina supports Rosas of Uruguay and begins a siege of MontevideoQuaternions are discovered by William Rowan Hamilton. The Economist is first published.Bishop's University is founded. Abbeville is founded by descendants of Acadians from Nova Scotia.
BirthsJanuary 10 - Frank James, American outlaw (d. 1915)January 29 - William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)April 4 - William Jackson, photographerApril 25 - Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince AlbertJune 3 - Frederick VIII of Denmark, King June 9 - Bertha von Suttner, winner of 1905 Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1914)June 15 - Edvard Grieg, composer (d. 1907)June 30 - Sir Ernest Satow, British diplomat and scholar in East AsiaJuly 29 - Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901)August 1 - Robert Todd Lincoln, American statesman, businessman (d. 1926)November 27 - Elizabeth Stride, third confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888) November 27 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, railway magnate (d. 1899)December 11 - Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (d. 1910)
DeathsMarch 21 - Robert Southey, English poet (b. 1774)March 25 - Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Scottish divineMarch 27 - Karl Salomo Zachariae Von Lingenthal, German juristApril 15 - Noah Webster, American lexicographerApril 17 - Samuel Morey, American inventorJune 6 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet, novelist, and dramatist (b. 1770)July 7 - John Holmes, American politicianWilliam Abbot - English actorFrancis Scott Key, writer of the "Star Spangled Banner"
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